Hey all, I’m a MS Accounting student at UVA, McIntire. I’m more interested in IB than public accounting. How difficult or unusual is it to go in IB with an Accounting academic background. Bty, I was a double major in Accounting and Finance at undergrad. And, what things that I should/learn this year that could help me to land an interview at an IB firm?
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I have a family member that went 1 interview —> 1 superday —> offer at GS/MS/JPM for their SA. He has an accounting background (bachelors + masters in accounting) with a high (3.9+) GPA at a great school for accounting (top 5-10 in the nation every year for accounting). He subsequently got a return offer and rerecruited for a different bank that he was more interested in. At that point he also went 1 interview —> 1 superday —> 1 offer at a top EB. You’ll be at no disadvantage with an accounting degree, other than possibly having to explain why you want to do investment banking instead of big 4 accounting when you do interviews.
Learn your technicals and behaviorals, then network hard. Those are the things that really matter the most. For networking, try to reach out to people with accounting degrees. Those people will be even more willing to help you than people with finance degrees since you both went the accounting route but decided pursuing IB instead. It’s a slightly uncommon commonality since most people in IB either went to a top liberal arts college, or they majored in finance.
That being said, reach out to everyone. However, people with accounting degrees/a CPA designation may be more willing to help you.
Can you please recommend me some resources for technical/behavioral interview questions? I have heard there is something like 400 questions from WSO. But, I would really appreciate if you can suggest some resources. Where can I find them?
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