Include reference for current employer?

I am in the late stages of the interview process with an investment bank and they have recently asked me to send them a few references. My most recent (and current employer) is a different investment bank but they do not know that I am interviewing with other firms.

How should I deal with this situation? Should I tell my potential employer that I can't provide a reference for my current job because I don't want to jeopardize my current position?

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Hahahahaha....

Don't worry unless you are applying to a firm with the dumbest fucks in the history of the universe. Everybody knows that you don't want to get fired.

Also, if you don't ant to apply for another job because you don't want your current employer to find out.....does that mean that you plan on staying there for the rest of your life?

 

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