Did You Graduate With An MBA & Go Into Finance In 2008?

September 15th marks the tenth anniversary of the demise of the investment bank Lehman Brothers and the start of the deepest economic recession since the Great Depression. Poets&Quants is doing a story keyed to the anniversary and we're interested in interviewing a few MBA graduates who went into finance that year to get their perspective on what happened and how the industry has since evolved. If you're interested in being interviewed, please email Jeff @ poetsandquants dot com Thanks much for your help!

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