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The goal of Wall Street Oasis’ The Other Road forum is to give our users the best possible snapshot of life in other areas of finance (including entrepeneurship, start-ups, and corporate/F500 positions), from internships and recruiting to compensation and career progression. Working towards that...
SPOTLIGHT: The Other Road Rules and FAQs
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by WallStreetOasis.com
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I am currently a rising senior at a non-target school and have recently received an assurance offer from a Big 4 for an internship next summer within financial services. My plan is to eventually get into banking especially within M&A or ECM. I am currently interning at a BB within prime...
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by Lou
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by Big4Bound
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Long-term, I want to be an entrepreneur; or at the very least I want to work at startups. As far as I can tell, most entrepreneurs know (and hangout with) other entrepreneurs. Just like a lot of jobs, it seems like your social network is a big way to get job opportunities in the startup world. ...
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Fellow Monkeys, after a long, sometime rewarding and oftentime exhausting four years in finance (2 years consumer M&A, mezz debt), I am considering leaving. I was curious how many of you feel done with all of this and what are some of the avenues you have taken? My family owned and operated 35...
Leaving Finance
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Hello, I am a 3rd year student in Financial Economics. I am aspiring to apply for a Masters in Financial Engineering in 2015 in US or Canada, I plan to work as a financial analyst and work my way up either in investment banking or financial engineering. I recently got offered a job as an...
Is this experience good for you in undergrad?
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Most entrepreneurs my age seem to be focused on creating the next amazing app or website, which frankly bores me because I'm not a tech geek. Anyone else give much thought to acquiring an unsexy business like a gas station, car wash, fast food restaurant, etc., and then building out an...
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I have a friend who has an upcoming business analyst interview at capital one. On glass door, the feedback states that for the onsite final round interview there are 3 interviews (case and behavioral) and an optional 4th one after lunch for select students. The consensus is that if you are invited...
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Someone was asking me about this in PM and I wrote a long and detailed reply about what it is like to work in Big 4 and what advice I would give to people thinking about interning / working there. Thought it might be useful for others so my reply is below. Happy to answer any...
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I have an interview next week for a Transaction Services Advisory - M&A Support position at E&Y. I have been in audit for the last 3 years at another Big4 Firm. What should I expect in this office interview. Apparently, it will be 2 different interviews, both 2...
E&Y TAS Interview Help!
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Hey guys, I am currently a student at the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin in their 5 year integrated BBA/MPA program. As a third year its about time thinking about what I want to do internship wise and even career wise in the future and I recently decided to go into the big 4 audit for a...
How do I know which Big 4 to work for?
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Are you one of these two? 1. You've been out in the job market for a few years now, but you're still holding on to old habits. 2. Just looking to enter the market, but you need to just shed that college skin If so it's time to freshen up on a little...
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How easy/difficult is it to transfer to TAS at a big 4 firm as an audit associate. Also, how should I go about this. I don't know anyone in TAS or anyone who has switched. ...
Big 4 audit associate to Big4 TAS
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