FT Recruiting - Compilation of Helpful WSO Posts

Mod Note (Andy): FT Recruiting is closed for some firms but still in full force for others. To help you out we created this compilation post linking to the best FT recruiting related discussions on WSO Hope you find it helpful!

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A) Networking



The Truth About Networking

Networking 101: Hedge Fund Edition

How to Crush Your Informational Interview

Multi Purpose Networking

How to be Memorable at a Networking Event

Cold-Emailing Guide

Newly added:
How To Get A Job On Wall Street (When You Don't Know Anybody)

The Truth About Networking

B) Interviewing



Acing the Investment Banking Analyst Interview

Notes for technical interview questions

UG Recruiting Part I: How a Resume Becomes an Interview

Webinar: Mastering the Banking Technical Interview

Webinar: Mastering the Banking Fit Interview

Webinar: Mastering the Sales&Trading Interview

Why We Hired a Non-Target 1st Year IB Analyst

C) On the Job



Suck it up, 8 steps to getting through 100 hour weeks

12 Hours til Deadline: The All Nighter

Banking Lifestyle: What the Hours Are Really Like

15 Things I Wish I Knew as a First Year IB Analyst

Advice for New FT Recruits: Tale of Caution

Timeline of an Investment Banking Analyst Year 1

What are IB Hours Like Really

Practical Tips for Entering 1st Year IBD Analysts

Three Things You Didn't Know About Becoming a Rock-Star Analyst

So You Made it to Banking, Now What

Convert Your Summer Internship Into a FT Offer

Newly added:
Anatomy Of The 10-K

Working in FIG (Financial Institutions Group) - An Overview

Banking Lifestyle: What Are the Hours Really Like

On the Job With Simple As…My Research Process

Week 1 of IBD Internship: Training

Ask Me Anything: Former IBD + Analyst now on buyside

D) General Advice



Practical Tips for 1st Year IBD Analysts

3 Things You Didn't Know About Becoming a Rock Star Analyst

Boutique vs Bulge Bracket

A Letter to a Chimp

My Not-so-Secrets-to-Success

Why You Aren't Getting Offers

Newly added:
Why are we Obsessed with “Work/Life Balance”

7 Practical Tips for Entering 1st Year IBD Analyst

Former M&A/KKR here to field questions

Interview with Credir Risk Associate (Part ½)

E) Relevant quotes from Interviews & AMAs

I was actually a hiring manager in my last role. I personally prefer a fluid interview and will pick questions based on their experiences in the past and tailor them so they are put on the spot and can’t pull one of their scripted answers out of a hat. If they still try, they are dinged.

-Interview with an ER Associate

Stay in touch with your friends or teammates. I can tell you I’ve been surprised on more than one occasion to find a golf buddy or kid in high school I thought was a prick all of the sudden works in or tangential to my industry and that we might be able to find ways to work together. Old adage of not burning bridges applies here.

-Interview with Deal Team Lead Manager

Work hard and get job experience. When a résumé hits an inbox they look at school, GPA and job experience. They also run key word searches on the resume so if you have good experience the software will realize it for example “investment banking analyst” is much better to write on your resume than “corporate finance analyst” if you in fact did an investment banking internship.

-Interview with WallStreetPlayboys

I was an M&A analyst at the height of the boom period in 2007/2008. We were working at absolutely capacity, and the bank often turned away live deals because it was executing as many as it could handle. This meant that 100 hour weeks were common and all-nighters happened once a week. Not a day went by where I didn’t get a serious urge to quit. Looking back, I couldn’t be happier that I stuck it out.

-Q&A with CompBanker

If you want more help preparing for full-time interviews, check out the WSO IB Prep Pack, our resume and cover letter review services, and our finance job board.

 

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