In case you were too busy with OCR, creating macros in excel, or scanning through endless resumes, here's some of the hottest content from the last week (based on comments / sb's / and page-views):
Timeline of an Investment Banking Analyst, Year 1
"Month by month, here's a hilarious yet realistic look into the life of an IB analyst's first year..."
Your competition's not as tough as you think
"I recruited all last week, and let me tell you: the competition out there right now doesn't look as tough as you guys think it is. Here are the real gems from my week recruiting at our top targets..."
How to skip straight to final rounds
"Thought I'd share with you how a ballsy college junior with a 3.2 GPA and no internships who met me at an employer information session was able to skip straight to final rounds..."
Snapbacks and Tattoo’s… Not the best look for interviews?
"now we have the resume, your recruiter sent your info forward and boom he got you an interview and it’s game time. When you jump into an interview process here are a few things you want to make sure you don’t get snagged on...."
"I am absolutely loving the experience here and every day feel like I’m a little kid in a candy store taking in a fire hose of wonderful new knowledge..."
Q&A Interview with SirTradesaLot, Part 2/3
"Have a Scalable Career - Time is the most valuable thing we have in life. If your compensation is directly linked to the hours you put in, you have severely constrained the upside in your career..."
Other great content of note:
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/to-new-ib-hires-are-you-also-lost
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/the-slow-mediocritization-of-the-bulge-bra…
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/8-tips-for-the-fngs
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/tough-ib-techinical-interview-questions
Member of the week: Edmundo Braverman
He's not a regular member... rather our head writer, chief curmudgeon, and "the guy your girlfriend wishes you were." He just hit his 4-year anniversary writing for WSO: "Four Years of Bravermania"
Thank you Eddie, we at WSO can't say enough how much we appreciate what you do.
Job of the week:
Technology Investment Banking Analyst (Boston)
Compensation: Street
Analyst role at a MM Technology-focused investment bank. Preferably looking for Analysts who would come in as a first year, but definitely want someone with experience, so would consider looking at laterals.
