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I had an interview with DB about three weeks ago and I asked the interviewer about DB's outlook in the future. He said that they work so hard that they barely even pay attention to whats going on in the news and not to panic. He also said that its not as bad as it seems. He was obviously lying. I bet he's trying to jump ship as I type this.

 

It's more insulting that you think he has a gold fish memory and mentioning it equates to reminding him.

Interviews aren't always meant to be a one-directional interrogation, you are there to also ensure you are happy with what they are offering.

 

Different bank, but had an interviewer respond to my leading question of "what do you like about XYZ bank".... "I'm actively trying to get out of here". That was fun. Straight to the point.

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Currently student at top-tier target school (HYPW) with a 3.8-4.0 GPA, triple major in Econ/Finance/Math.

Given the current climate at BD and the fact that i'm trying to make fucking bank, do you advise against not accept a FT offer for this summer?

I advise you to not only avoid Deutsche but avoid finance for that matter.

For that matter, I advise that you save the $160K you're paying to HYPW (having also been a student there), become a construction contractor instead, and make bank that way. Seriously my condo building just spent $300,000 to have a dude go around and install caulk on all of the wall baseboards in our building during a recent renovation. This took one guy pulling a 37.5 hour workweek ~15 weeks.

Finance is an industry where supply is on a secular increase. Construction is an industry where supply is in secular, terminal decline. (Who wants to do carpentry when you can go to Yale)? The only problem is that construction contractors do better than bankers.

People who own construction businesses make bank. Bankers earn $30/hour but make it up on volume.

 

yeah, if you are either Italian or Portuguese and can stand the dumbasses and union politics in this industry, by all means go for it.

 

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