Sep 16, 2020

Breaking into Piper Sandler

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Incoming Analyst in IB - Cov

Very behavioral with only a few very basic technicals (walk through basic income statement) and general DCF theory for me. What office?

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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.

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It's nearly impossible

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Unless you're talking about literally breaking into their offices, I'd avoid.

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