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I heard its hard to get in but how hard? If you know someone how do you utilize the relationship to get in? I assume buy-side firm like this one would weight heavily towards merits instead of your relationships. This is for full-time or internship.

Anyone wishing that you were back in school in the good old carefree days?

Or wishing you were in B-School already, on to the next thing post Analyst life stuck in cubes eating crap food at 1am?

Or, happy as can be as an Analyst, dreading school daze?

hi, i have offers from both of these positions right now..

i do not know exactly where i want to be 10 years from now, so which position will give me more opportunities on Wall Street.. both positions are corporate finance. If i want to go the asset management route later on, which opportunity best fits that?

THANKS!!!!!!!

Hello everyone

I am 21 years old and currently in my junior year of college, earning a bachelors in Finance. I go to a University in the CSU system (California State University) so my school is not going to open any doors for me. I currently have a GPA of 3.5. I did a year long internship with Northwestern Mutual, received an important intern award with them and was ranked nationally. The internship was marketed to me as financial planning, but really all I did was sell insurance. I am involved with the Financial Management Association at my school, currently Vice President and I will probably be President my senior year. I have been studying trading and technical analysis for a few years now, and have traded a live account for about a year and half. I realize that I have an extremely difficult task ahead of me if I want to break into the finance world, and I realize that I did not choose the best path education wise to become a trader (math+computer science in more demand). Ideally, I want to trade and manage a fund. But I know that this will take years of work to accomplish. Right now I am at a crossroads and I am not entirely sure what I want to do next.

Anyone familiar with the Canaccord Adams office in toronto? In terms of culture and compensation

Hey Everyone,

Looking for some advice. I just recently accepted an offer as an IB analyst with a major international bank in India. I know for a fact this firm has no formal training program---its pretty much gonna be a hit the ground running sort of deal. Wanted to see if anyone had any advice in terms of what I should prepare for my first day as an investment banking analyst (specifically in terms of frequently used concepts, specialized knowledge, etc.). Also, is it important for me to know VBA and Macros?

Basically, anything at all that you think would have been great to know before your first day on the job.

I've already read the article on mergers and inquisitions as well as the post on preparing for your first day in IB on wallstreetoasis.

Thanks a bunch!

I was wondering if anyone knew Macquarie's SA to FT conversion rate for the last couple summers; will be starting SA there in June and was curious as to what my chances were (given a successful summer) of being offered back.

With that said, how do banks usually re-invite you for FT? Is it your last week of summer? After you're done? Curious.

I’m set to start my analyst stint at a top BB next summer. I did an internship last summer in a top ranked team, and got great reviews. After that I signed the contract.

But thinking back – last summer was shit. Only got a few hours a sleep per night. Mundane tasks, no intellect needed. Went to the gym 3 times in 10 weeks (normally 5 times a week). At the end of the summer I promised myself never to go back again but somehow my brain pushed the bad things aside.

Of course breaking the contract would cut many paths in the future but spending 2 years as an analyst sounds quite horrible at the moment. I would probably start losing my hair quite soon. In addition I think that the VPs are douche bags, and not seeing them for 6 months has been a great pleasure.

My options:
1) Doing asset management, great connections – could get a job where I could actually learn something and get home by 8.
2) Entrepreneurship – we have a few ventures with friends, currently earning around 5000$/month from these. Current ventures are cash cows. Would need to set up something new to make it big.

Does anyone have (or are) any good contacts/resources for hedge funds in Chicago? I know this may be totally inappropriate, but after a 1.5 year stint in S&T, I want to move to a fund there even if it's in an entry level position. I wouldn't be soliciting jobs, just want to talk to a few people to pick their brains and see what some ways in would be. I'm in NYC now, btw. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Would prefer to PM me. Thanks.

I've got offers from these two places, since I didn't get in the game early enough to shoot for MBB or even Deloitte, and was curious where they rank and the kind of respect they get. The salaries seem to be competitive, but curious about name recognition and future opportunities from these places.

I have heard rumors about this and wanted someone to clear it up. Did UBS IBD in the U.S. not pay any bonuses to Analysts in 2008 or 2009? Or if they did, what were the average amounts (also compared to other BB's)?

Quick Background: I went from target school to BB bank in S&T and worked on a niche equty derivs structuring desk since I graduated 2 years ago. I recently was laid off, and I'm moving back to chicago for personal reasons.

Question: I've been networking pretty hard, searching online job posts, and cold emailing hedge funds, but with not much luck (2 interviews, rejected after final round). Does anyone have any advice or places to start in Chicago? I don't have a great GPA that would stand out and get me an interview and it's hurting, but I have good experience at a bank in nyc, and I'm willing to start at the bottom again in something along the lines of trading assistant at a hedge fund, or energy firm or something as a trading analyst. Headhunters not working so much as I have no IB experience.

Also, my dream job is at a VC firm somewhere down the road, so if anyone has any advice on that, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

What is the best way to get an investment banking internship at DIFC in Dubai?? I tried looking through their website at difc.ae and they said there wasn't any listings available. What is the best thing to do to get an internship there?

How feasible is this, given that majority of MBA students are liberal arts majors ? I know that currently elite MBA Schools keep playing the 'diversity card'. So not only do i have the bsba major theoretically working against me, I also have the " Im in IBD, looking to go to PE/return to IBD as a big time associate" stereotype.