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 | Please check out our new Resume Review service to get your resume ready for recruiting season: ... WSO Resume Review | 7 | 2 years 37 weeks ago by WallStreetOasis.com | 4 weeks 6 days ago by Alicehusty |
| As the community continues to grow and evolve, let's try to keep it at least somewhat civil, useful and entertaining.
To that end, here are a few items to keep in mind as you participate in the community:
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<li>Please do your best to avoid starting a thread on a topic... Message Board Rules and Netiquette | 0 | 5 years 8 weeks ago by WallStreetOasis.com | n/a |
 | Do you remove the "Sent from my iPhone" email signature?
... For those of you with iPhones... | 0 | 12 min ago by BeenPrepping | n/a |
| Hey guys,
I just finished my freshman year as an Econ major. My business school at my college is a target, although I'm in the Arts and Sciences department. I managed to secure a PWM internship at a BB this summer, but I was wondering how to approach my sophomore summer internship situation... Summer Internship after Spring study abroad | 5 | 1 day 1 hour ago by blackjack21 | 2 hours 11 min ago by blackjack21 |
| I am currently a risk analyst at a BB, primarily work in market risk monitoring/VaR analysis.
I have been offered an opportunity at a top AM firm (think Fidelity, Wellington) to work as a quant in investment risk (a division under quantitative research). The job will be quite different from what... Investment Risk vs Risk on the sell side | 4 | 18 hours 57 min ago by IEatYou | 3 hours 40 min ago by IEatYou |
| I just graduated with an MBA from INSEAD, after five years serving a Goldman FICC trading desk as a BO guy in NY.
I missed the typical BB recruitment cycle because to do it right I would have had to start looking even before I got accepted (no summer internship option), and anyway the recruiting... Help! GS BO -> INSEAD -> Nothing in IB? | 4 | 5 hours 43 min ago by INSEADer11 | 4 hours 3 min ago by INSEADer11 |
| Submitted an application this morning for a position at a consulting firm. Used a partner as a reference (after an informational interview earlier where he said I could). I sent him both a follow up from our earlier string of emails as well as when I entered the referral it would have gone to his... Should I have had a response? | 4 | 6 hours 41 min ago by helpmepleasethx | 4 hours 12 min ago by Anacott_CEO |
 | I just found Cornell Dyson's employment stats for their undergraduate program: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/undergraduate_mba_profiles/cornell.html">Cornell Dyson employment Stats</a>
<strong>Only 4 MS? 2 GS? Isn't Cornell's... target employment stats | 26 | 1 day 16 hours ago by HoosierHomie | 4 hours 43 min ago by bballerct50 |
| I'm a first year analyst at a middle market bank in NYC in the tech group, and I've been asked if I could move out to San Fran and build out our tech practice out there. I'm very open to the idea of moving to the San Fran to continue my tech banking experience. However, I don't... Move from San Francisco banking to NYC PE | 4 | 11 hours 21 min ago by brokencircle13 | 6 hours 13 min ago by Ricqles |
| I graduated high school and thought I wanted to major in Business. Upon traveling to a nice sunny state for school, I wanted out. I felt like I was surrounded by drones/robots. I always ended up at my trading desk. That was only the beginning. A family business opportunity had me travel back... Trader looking for direction | 2 | 10 hours 25 min ago by nvestn | 8 hours 40 min ago by SonnyZH |
| If you're already at a BB, what could you do to get into GTS? Global Transaction Services
How does one network without getting caught by current... How to get into GTS? | 0 | 9 hours 58 sec ago by BeenPrepping | n/a |
| I'm going to be an organ donor in the next few months (kidney, to my dad). I'm not at all in it for the glory (except for subtly dropping it when i'm picking up a chick at the bar) BUT should I add this experience to my resume? If so, how and where?
If its subtle / small / at... Add "Organ Donor" to my resume? | 32 | 23 hours 39 sec ago by everyman | 10 hours 8 min ago by Relinquis |
| I have a code test coming up soon for Two Sigma (for a quant intern position) and I was wondering if anyone here who has been through the process has any advice on what to expect and/or how best to prepare.
Thanks in... two sigma code test | 2 | 1 year 29 weeks ago by junior2012 | 11 hours 42 min ago by VladimirK |
| I will exclude the name of the firm and MD but maybe someone can figure it (I doubt it though). I just back from a P.E. firm and know for a fact I will not get hired for a s.a. position. Technically I won’t know till Thursday but it’s pretty obvious I won’t get a shot.
The P.E. firm is a... Interview horror story! Felt need to share. (kind of long) | 49 | 1 day 8 hours ago by prudentinvestor | 11 hours 52 min ago by thepman |
| Hello everyone! First post here. I was hoping to get some honest and direct advice on my career goals and aspirations.
A little background. I am 34. I have a BS in Accounting and am currently in the middle of a two-year MBA program from a decent business school (think Villanova,... Looking for honest advice | 6 | 1 week 4 hours ago by KhakiPete | 11 hours 56 min ago by KhakiPete |
| Fellow Monkeys,
I have recently landed myself an interview for a Treasury Sales Analyst position. Can ya'll please give me some interview tips and suggestions on study material? I am not very familiar with treasury sales so anything specific to that would be great.
I plan to start by... Treasury Sales Analyst - Interviewing/Study Tips | 3 | 1 day 14 hours ago by slickrick773 | 13 hours 35 min ago by Bobb |
| What does a VP Treasury Solutions Officer do? What's that position mean? Is interning for that position good? better than PWM? I met someone at my internship who is a VP Treasury Solutions Officer at BAML and told me to pass on my resume..yet I have no idea what their position is or what kind... What is a Treasury Solutions Officer? | 4 | 48 weeks 5 days ago by laftexas | 14 hours 37 min ago by Anacott_CEO |
| Finishing finance undergraduate from non-target in May. I applied to a Sales Associate position with a vague job description at a bank through random career section digging because it required a language skill that I had. It was only after I was scheduled for an interview for this week that I found... Treasury Services Sales Associate? | 4 | 1 year 19 weeks ago by NOMNOMNOMNOM | 14 hours 48 min ago by slickrick773 |
| I have a BS/MSA in accounting, a CPA, and am a level 3 candidate for the CFA(hopefully passed come August) stuck in a big 4 accounting firm. I currently have two years of experience auditing large hedge funds, and am trying to figure out the most lucrative/best long term prospects job path at this... CPA & CFA - best career path? | 2 | 1 year 46 weeks ago by Slowcheetah433 | 15 hours 17 min ago by ripken818 |
| I have an upcoming informational with a guy pretty high up in country risk at JPM. So with all the news coming out over the past week, I am wondering if this is something I could use to demonstrate my interest in the company? Or is this gonna seem like an inquisition having him rush to get me off... Should I ask.. Or is it gonna get me dinged? | 10 | 1 day 3 hours ago by Mr. Fat Cat | 16 hours 34 min ago by Connor |
| Hi guys, I am a freshman still looking for a internship and recently got in contact with a small WM agency close to me via email.
She told me they were "pretty much set" for this coming year but "found my info to be impressive" and forwarded it to her Managing partner in... "I will be in a better position to assist you, after I have met you" | 4 | 1 day 1 hour ago by Waymon3x6 | 17 hours 14 min ago by Nabooru |
| Hey guys, this is my first ever thread, so sorry if it could be in a more relevant forum or something.
I'm an A level student in the UK, so if you're American and reading this, I'm still at high school. I'm hoping to study Politics at the LSE, or perhaps Warwick. For a... Sales Vs. Investment Banking | 20 | 4 days 11 hours ago by Alimbo | 18 hours 55 min ago by Alimbo |
| In depth analysis of financial services hiring activity... pretty interesting article. Check it out if you have time... Abandon Hope All Ye Who Click Here | 4 | 2 days 25 min ago by Futures Trader Man | 22 hours 59 min ago by Futures Trader Man |
| From my short time on this site (about a week) there seems to be multiple mentions of SAT scores. While I understand them for maybe undergrad internships, why do some companies ask for SAT scores outside of internships? Also, the SAT score they focus on is usually Math... Do SAT Scores really matter? | 39 | 4 days 10 hours ago by datphukinnewb | 23 hours 17 min ago by International Pymp |
| Saw this position open up on my school's career center site today.
It's for a bulge bracket and it looks reallllllllllly nice.
But the thing is, my resume isn't very good. If you've read my other topics, I've shown an upward trend, but it's still lackluster.... Equity Research Summer Associate | 1 | 1 day 11 hours ago by BigTalkinWalker | 1 day 2 hours ago by jgx101 |
