How much did you know about the capital/debt markets, financial modelling, comparables, etc.
Just curious how much you went into your first internship knowing.
Last, how much knowledge did you acquire from it?
Thanks.
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very little to none
Elaborate? How did you learn, what did you do?
i asked questions, listened and applied
I know enough to answer the technicals correctly, let's put it that way.
TBH I probably know a little more than the average target kid who isn't a finance major, but definitely not a lot. I'm familiar with DCF modeling, comps analyses, etc. because we do them in class but it's not like I know a ton about an industry or anything.
I'm planning on reading WSJ, Economist, and FT when I have free time, keeping current with DealBook, and when I'm assigned a group trying to become familiar with terminology and trends on a macro level.
Don't worry - there's training for a reason.
Feeling relieved.
Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels.
Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round. I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theatre of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.
Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.
When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to:
M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc. Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A.
along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes."
This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this "grant money." I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion.
There can be only one.
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I'd recommend going through the Breaking into Wall Street financial modeling videos. Really couldn't hurt to have excel completely locked down before you start.
Bump.
I'm in the middle of interviewing/superdays.
And I still don't know anything. I always ask my interviewers, "If I do indeed get this position, what do you recommend I do between now and the summer (besides keep my GPA up)?"
Most interviewers chuckled/smiled. Try it out.
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