Breaking into Piper Sandler
How competitive is the interview and screening process? Any general tips or advice for a young gun?
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Very behavioral with only a few very basic technicals (walk through basic income statement) and general DCF theory for me. What office?
chl
Yea, honestly all else I’ll add is that the process ends pretty early (May ish) so make sure you’re on time for apps. Other than that it’s similar to a lot of other mm processes so.
It's nearly impossible
Unless you're talking about literally breaking into their offices, I'd avoid.
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