I will pay someone to help tutor me into making a convincing "Why IBD?" story out of my experience/life. I cannot be fucked and frankly suck at crafting false narratives to fit the profile of what these firms are looking for - I think it's sociopathic.

What the title suggests - I'm looking for help to craft a narrative to fit exactly what investment banks are looking for and I'll pay for it.

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This^ How do you figure IB is your dream job and you can't even think of two to three bullet points on why you want to do it lmao. Also "crafting false narratives to fit the profile of what these firms are looking for" is like 50% of your job as an IB Analyst/Associate. Making a CIM is literally crafting a narrative to make the company you're selling look like it fits the profile of what investment firms are looking at. 

 

I echo some of the comments above, about if you can't craft an answer to this... 

Figure out the two or three main things an investment banker does, then explain/make-up why you're interested in those things/why you would thrive in that environment. 

 
  1. Keep the entire intro about 2-3 minutes (3 is pushing it)
  2. Start with simple "who you are/came from" stuff, center around being someone that people would both want to work with and hang out with 
  3. Include what has you interested in finance, where the initial interest came from, and where the growing interest is fed from
  4. IB is where you always want to be, explain why you took sales first and try to find some sort of advising/valuation piece to link as to why you are going into IB
  5. End with a quick piece on why you chose that bank, how you can bring part 2) & 3) into the role to both grow you interest and add value to the firm

EDIT: 

Stay confident and positive! You can do this if you believe in yourself and want it bad enough. If you don't make it, don't stop trying!

 

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