I just got my first SA offer, and I'm extremely happy to have broken in! It was tough - only got 4 first round interviews and screwed up my first two, but I was able to learn from my mistakes and got my story down before my interview.
Just wanted to thank everyone on this board for their good advice... Except the trolls - f*ck you trolls! Just kidding.
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congrats man! Still looking to break in here. Sounds like an awesome opportunity.
Which 2 did you screw up? and why? Please tell us so we can learn from your mistakes?
Sure, I screwed up a large MM/boutique firm and Morgan Stanley. Here's why:
1) I didn't have my story down - definitely important for me since I was planning on going to med school until 3 months ago. My interviewers didn't really understand what made me change my mind, so I had to make it crystal clear why I think I'm a good fit for i-banking.
2) I thought walking someone through my resume meant just going from top to bottom explaining each thing. Wrong. You have to go in chronological order, explain the item briefly, and then explain why it'll made you want to do i-banking more (ie: it was a finance experience other than banking and you didn't like it because ___) OR why this experience will make your a better investment banker (whether it be quantitative skills, communication skills, teamwork skills, tolerance to long work hours, etc)
3) Some of the questions my first two interviews had asked, I screwed up and had a chance to think about it before my next interview. Some of these questions involve thinking about interesting recent deals, knowing about the economy, knowing about valuation methods, etc. These are definitely not that important though - I really think the interviewer has pretty much made up his or her mind after you finish your story and resume walk-through.
congrats!
Congrats!
congrats man, celebrate for a night then try to keep it together for the rest of your interviews... only thing better than having an offer is having 5 offers then getting to select :)
congrats
great! now all you gotta do is lock up that LEK offer and you're well on your way to getting a cheap, used car after you graduate
Haha well I do have a Bain superday coming up, if I lock that up I'd def consider it!
i thought you wanted to do PE straight outta Princeton
Congrats
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^ lol.
dude i got my SA offer a week ago and im still hyped about it. Congrats on Citi! (I actually got rejected from Citi.)
it was the ICG one right?
congrats!
congrats! sounds like there will be a ton of WSO faithful SAs out there this summer with me.
you can't edit the past son
who is this directed to?
Congrats!
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