Job Search Advice Forum

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0	Risk vs FP&A to IB?	2	57m
+4	WF FT Interview Decision timeline	8	2h
+24	No IB SA Offer & Re-Recruiting: What Do I Do?	6	3h
0	interview advice	0	4h
+7	Is it worth networking with headhunters?	0	5h
+12	Am I throwing away opportunities that I will regret?	0	5h
+169	Ideal College/Recruiting Timeline	38	5h

+25	Is there a point to networking if you have (nepo)?	6	5h
+8	How often can I apply at certain banks	3	5h
+9	Transitioning Military Officer Exploring Investment & Corporate Banking Careers	1	6h
+9	Private Equity or Investment Banking for Entrepreneurship?	1	7h
+6	Etiquette question	2	7h
+60	Lied on CV?	52	7h
+6	Time to pivot or is there still hope?	2	7h
+25	Amazing offer but I’m drowning in debt	13	8h
+3	GPA opinions needed	6	8h
+2	1k offer available	9	9h
0	Should I disclose layoff or frame it as lateral recruiting?	1	9h
+9	Please Help :(	1	9h
+9	Networking/ Cold-Call Emails to break into IB	1	9h
+6	How (Good/Bad) are layoffs for interns?	7	10h
+3	5 or 10 panel drug test	0	11h

+1	HR Feedback, Thoughts?	2	11h
+17	Working in Charlotte	6	11h
+25	Got fired after 1.5 years as an Analyst, want to stay in Banking but I am confused	7	11h
+6	MS Public Finance SA 2024	15	12h
+13	Why do processes for average jobs take months at a time?	4	13h
0	UK SA to US Master's	2	14h
+9	International student asking for advice	1	14h
+18	SHIFTING FROM LAW TO FINANCE	14	14h
+11	Major	1	16h
+9	Stay in small firm as consultant or join big firm as a junior?	1	16h
+9	Comprehensive Headhunter Database	2	16h
0	Best resources/ things to do as a rising freshman	1	17h
+9	Does having a mild disability improve hiring chances?	1	17h
+17	Interviewer asked me to rank myself 1-10, should I have done anything different?	6	21h
+9	Creating Connection in Networking Calls From Complete Nontarget	1	1d
+19	Can I leverage my sister's attendance at Penn to break into IB?	17	1d
0	Seeking opportunities in finance	1	1d
+10	Enough BS/Advice	1	1d
+3	Breaking into IB from Washu?	5	1d
0	Am I fucked?	2	1d
+3	Help deciding between offers	10	1d
0	How Long to Prep for Interviews	1	1d
+16	How to make an engaging LinkedIn post to catch eyes from people I’ve networked with in IB?	6	1d
+9	How to Cold Email for Work Experience as a 6th Former / Final Year High School Student?	1	1d
+27	BB / EB groups in LA and SF?	12	1d
+9	Which EU countries are more welcoming to English-speaking immigrants? Making a list to do internships/FT roles after Masters	0	1d
+9	What Finance Career to Pursue	0	1d
+8	does establishing a foreign office fast track your career? (finance)	5	1d
+13	(UK) Too late to pursue finance and make it? 19 years old, not a lot of momentum in life.	6	1d
+6	How to come off as natural	3	1d
+9	Which one would you chose?	3	1d
+9	BIG4 internship vs start-up	2	1d
+11	Need a Father in GS	2	2d
+7	Cold Email HF best contact	11	2d
+11	Transfer Help! UNC Econ vs. UMich Econ	8	2d
+27	SF vs NY IB Stint	11	2d
+9	Am I screwed at this point as a Non-Target in the Job Search	7	2d
+7	Is it true that I'll get grilled harder in interviews if I write that I took an accounting class in college?	3	2d
+15	What is everyone's pre-interview prep and hygiene routine?	6	2d
+3	GPA or experience?	3	2d
+11	About taking a leave of absence	3	2d
+23	Are Single Managers Just Not Hiring?	10	2d
+16	WM Exit Opps	1	2d
+111	At what point should you give up?	69	2d
+38	Recruiting while unemployed	17	2d
+7	How To Stop Feeling Like Shit For Not Making It	6	2d
+18	Laid off, what next?	8	2d
+17	Does this plan make sense? (Audit CPA -> CFA -> Big 4 Corp Fin/IB)	11	2d
0	Just got a job as Junior financial controller… what to expect?	1	2d
+1	Do you negotiate your salary?	3	2d
0	Is there a good application tracker?	2	3d
+12	How to survive the financial industry, especially for female?	4	3d
+9	Scam interview at a search fund?	4	3d
+18	Job Switch Advice	4	3d
+6	The mobility transfer policy requires to notify the manager before conducting the second round interview - question	1	3d
0	FAANG vs Commercial Bank on CV	0	3d
+84	Shafted for SA 2025 Recruitment. Next steps?	33	3d
+1	Does BNP sponsor H1b	2	3d
+9	Recruiting Downfalls from a Full-Timer	1	3d
0	Career Help	1	3d
+11	Learn Dutch for an internship?	2	3d
+9	Jefferies Generalist vs UBS Financial Sponsors	5	3d
+6	Risk vs FP&A Internship	2	3d
+10	When are the optimal years to learn [Excel, Technicals, etc]	4	3d
+38	Am I Hispanic if I got a Spanish passport?	41	3d
+8	SMBC Superday/Offers?	19	4d
+19	Trying to break into IB	7	4d
+126	How to Navigate FT Recruiting: Learn from My Successes/Failures	20	4d
+3	2024 Full time roles at Credit Rating Agencies	3	4d
+10	Change Name?	12	4d
+9	Workday Tech Consulting - Which Practice should I go into?	0	4d
+6	MM IB or BB IB	8	4d
0	When is it appropriate to write down accounting interview questions	2	4d
+12	Bachelors at LSE or Imperial for IB?	10	4d
0	Re-joining finance - anyone have advice?	1	5d
+19	NYC Consumer PE/Growth Funds with decent comp but amazing WLB?	6	5d

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