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!
Also make sure to check out this thread: 2015 FT Recruiting Mega Thread - Latest Updates >>>
A) Networking
Networking 101: Hedge Fund Edition
How to Crush Your Informational Interview
How to be Memorable at a Networking Event
Newly added:
How To Get A Job On Wall Street (When You Don't Know Anybody)
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
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
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
corporate finance analyst” if you in fact did an investment banking internship.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 “
-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.
great overview, thanks !
Nice
awesome, thanks for putting this together
Great for anyone, thanks!
This is awesome! Thanks!
Great Post!
Very helpful post. Thanks!
Thank you
This is now bookedmarked on my computer. Great post.
Thanks for the compilation! Especially great for the new monkeys.
Great compilation of some of the best content on these boards
Bookmarked, ty!
Cool, Thanks!
Omg, godsend!!!!
This is great, thanks. Perfect timing.
Nice work!
Sweet! Thanks!
great, thank you!
@belgian_brah can you send me the networking Word document. I cannot PM you because I don't have enough banana points. Thanks.
Awesome, thank you.
great post!
Bookmarked! Something else that would be useful is perhaps recommended books.
Amazing! Thanks Andy
This is the most helpful post for people trying to break in!
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good one dude
Thanks.
This is great, I would love to see more compilations on different topics.
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