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What kind of Technical questions can I expect from an interview for a F500 corp fin position? I'm a freshman and have yet to take any finance coursework and am wondering if I should prepare mainly for behavioral or what technical stuff I need to know?

I'm really interested in pursuing a career in management consulting and am looking to start in an analyst position at a generalist firm. I graduated cum laude from an Ivy League with a 3.61 GPA and completed an honors thesis. However, I majored in a humanities subject and most of my off-terms were spent overseas on study-abroad or work-abroad programs. Therefore my practical business experience is pretty inadequate compared to my competitors. I did work two jobs throughout most of my college career, and the positions I held allowed me to cultivate many of the other qualities that make a good consultant.

My question is, in this tough economy, is it possible for me to transition into an analyst position without an internship at a good firm while I was an undergrad? I'm finding it tough to get a job period, let alone getting an interview for a consulting firm. I've been going about the networking avenue but it's a slow process. I feel like the world forgot about the '09 graduates!

Advice? Similar experiences?

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!!!!!!!

Hey guys,

So i have a situation here that i'm not too sure of how I should go about this. I contacted an alum and he responded and wanted to meet for coffee. The meeting place is his office, and i am not too sure how I should treat this. Clearly this is an information session but I guess my ultimate question is how should I dress for the occasion. Is khakis and a button up reasonable or should i go in with a suit? Anyone else been through these types of situations?
thanks for any help.

Hey guys,

I almost have an offer with a well-known information systems company, and I will be having that final interview soon. I've been searching for this job for more than a year and a half. And I wanted to know what the process is for credit checks. I've read the posts on this forum, and I'm not sure if a background check always includes a credit check?

Last summer, I was struggling to make minimum payments on my credit cards when I graduated in May. I haven't found work since. Now that I actually have a shot at a 70k job, that doesn't involve accounting or me handling money directly... I think I may fail the credit check.

I have a phone bill that I was disputing which charged me 600 out of nowhere for roaming... and I'm about to settle this with the collection agency. I have three credit cards that I used to pay for living expenses and food in college, that I've made settlement agreements with, and with random work I'm doing... I can pay these offs.

Unfortunately, I have 1 card that I didn't make it to in time... and it's the one that charged me 30% interest for at least 10 months and went to $26k... and now it's been "charged off" to a collection agency.

Hi guys, I'm new here.
I live in Singapore and am looking to join an IB here as an analyst.
Unfortunately, I never knew anything about IBs until I did my master's degree in accounting as I initially entered university as a bachelor of arts student.

I did my internship in a big 4. After graduating i was planning to find a job in the banking industry in general but that was when the sub-prime crisis hit and i couldn't find any opportunities (my biggest mistake was looking only after I graduation). I didn't want to be without a job and ended up spending 1.5 yrs back in the big 4 firm. However I was not in the financial services group but in general audit. Although you really learn a lot about performing audits in the first year or so, i didn't feel that knowledge was really that useful in IB or the banking industry. I decided to quit and spend some time to plan my next move which I hope will be into IB.

The thing is i'm not from an ivy-league school. I've never had any internships in IB. Neither do I have steller grades.

I already searched to find an answer on this but the lastest results were from 2008. Not exactly current.

Anyway, I hold the opinion of some on WSO in high regards because there are a number of you who have been to or are currently at, where I am trying to go. In short, WSO has proved to be a reliable resource time and time again.

On to my question...Does anyone have any information on BB&T Capital Markets? I know what BB&T is, I know that their capital markets division is on the middle market level, I know that the hours are going to be long. But I am specifically looking for information on starting a career here in their equity research division in New York.

-How is BBT viewed on the street?
-Anyone know the starting salary and bonus range?
-Would this be considered a good place to aquire skills and move to a BB or into IB?
-How do Top 10 B-schools view BBT?

Those are just some bullet points to get the juices flowing. Anyone in the know care to offer some good information re: BB&T's Capital Markets?

Thanks guys!

Hi,
I’m currently working for a major Oil & Gas Company with good name recognition (A usual client for Mckinsey). I have a deep interest to join a top management consulting company (Mckinsey, Bain or BCG). Below is some info about me:

Age: 36
15 years experience in the oil and gas industry (3 years in a Gas Plant, 2 years in a Refinery and rest in engineering consulting)
BS degree: Chemical engineering
MSc degree: Materials Engineering
MBA
Published a number of technical papers
Some voluntary work

How do u assess my chances in general?

I used to be a sell-side analyst at a boutique firm on the Street, and have worked at a couple of small hedge funds prior and after my 6-year sell-side stint and now need help in trying to locate hedge funds who may be looking for a technology analyst.

I would appreciate anyone's help in either naming some recruiting firms, recruiters, or sources of such jobs. To get the thread started, let me start myself by posting some of the places that I have looked (with limited success).

Bloomberg job listings (only available through a Bloomberg Terminal)
eFinancial Crareers
Analytic Recruiting
Michael page
Broadreach Group
School's website (mine is Columbia BS)

There's been quite a few threads about the CFA recently, and I'm curious here. I'll reach a year of unemployment come May, and all I can really say for the past 9 months is that I tutored the GMAT and passed Level I. It seems to be the stock advice for everyone who is having trouble breaking into finance to pass Level I, and then something will happen. Well... I passed Level I, just in time for a fresh batch of applications at the end of January, and nothing. My question is does Level I even really help? Do you have to pass the real tough one (Level II) before it's legit? I'm taking level II in 4 months, so should I count on having to pass that for any real shot?

I'm in a dilemma now. Got 2 offers, one from an oil major, the other from a MM-bank for an IB role.

The oil major is offering more money than the bank. On an hourly basis, the oil major is paying twice as much as the MM. Althought my passion is in finance, it is hard to resist an offer that pays more in absolute terms and involves less work hours.

Gentlemen, I would appreciate any advice your might have for me. Thank you.

As the title suggests, I'd like to be a portfolio manager 10-20 years from now. I come to you guys to ask two specific questions: 1) What entry level jobs should I look for to start my career? 2) What do I need to be reading in the meantime, so that my knowledge base is where I need it to be, in order to land these entry level jobs?

I hope you guys will list a lot of careers that could be useful, instead of just the ones that immediately come to mind (such as analyst at a mutual fund or sell-side equity research analyst). I'm really looking for an exhaustive list, since beggars can't be choosers (i.e. who knows exactly what jobs I'll be able to land). Even if it's something like "start in operations at a small PWM firm and work your way up," that would be useful advice to me. I can't stress this enough, the main reason I'm asking this question, is because I want an exhaustive list so that my initial job search can be broad.

I need help deciding on which job gives me the best prospects for getting into a good MBA program. I have an offer with a Transaction Services practice for a big4 firm , as well as an offer as a first year analyst at a Mid-Market iBank both of which are in Chicago.

Which one would look better on a resume to prospective MBA programs?
What should I expect as salary for a MM iBank in Chicago?

All help is greatly appreciated.