+13 Why are Investment Bank offices so spread apart in NYC? 9 6y
+7 Suggest meeting in person for 1st round Interview? 2 9y
+28 How common if off cycle hiring? 29 9y
+16 Profile Evaluation: Croatian, 27 years 4 6y
+23 Networking: Phone call vs. in-person coffee chat 7 6y
+27 Headhunters Reaching Out Before Graduation 13 9y
+15 UCLA BizEcon vs USC Marshall?? HELP 4 6y
0 Corporate Banking Hours for Canadian Banks (excluding RBC) 0 6y
+9 Series 63 and which study material is most related to the exam? 21 9y
+10 Most useful majors for getting into IB? 2 6y
+4 How to do relative valuation of a company that operates in many different sectors? 3 9y
0 Selling Knopman Series 79 Materials 1 6y
0 CPPIB Direct Equity 0 9y
0 Regional Investment Banking (Excluding San Francisco) 2 6y
+13 What can I do immerse myself into finance before my first year of college? 2 9y
+20 Is it stupid to get into investment banking when I don't need the money? 12 9y
0 Networking Trip in the context of Accelerated Recruiting 0 9y
+40 How to value Evian or Fiji Water? 19 6y
+4 DCF and enterprise value 2 9y
0 REIT Acquisitions Senior Analyst to IB Associate 1 9y
+13 Boston U vs Northeastern U vs UIUC 6 6y
0 Do I mention that I already accepted a position? 3 9y
+15 GS interview timeline confusion 9 9y
+33 Is investment banking a fraud? 23 9y
0 Off-cycle M&A internship. GS, ML or MS ? 3 6y
0 Lazard vs. Rothschild (both FFM; M&A) 0 6y
+25 Path to IB for 24 year guy in developing country 6 2y
+20 Lateral to another bank 13 6y
0 Outside of the US, where do American BB IB's recruit most of their visa sponsored foreign employees? 0 6y
+8 Going into Junior recruiting with 3.3 GPA but relevant work experience, am I screwed? 4 9y
0 Annual Report Adjustments 0 9y
0 Goldman Sachs Undergraduate Camp 2017 (Irving, TX) 0 6y
+30 Summer MBA Associate, Didn't Get FT Offer, How To Handle for FT Recruiting? 12 2y
0 Looking for clean comps template 0 9y
+14 Question about GPA and question about background check 11 9y
+19 Very friendly and kind contact now turns cold 15 9y
+23 How important is it that you get an internship in your "3rd year"? 18 9y
0 What can you negotiate in a layoff from a BB? 1 9y
+70 UC Berkeley vs. Boston College 35 6y
+14 Calculating (unlevered) FCF and (1-t)*EBIT 2 9y
+16 Dyson worth 30k more than Tepper? 10 6y
+19 IB Interview quesion: What is debt trading at..? 8 9y
+12 GS Undergraduate Camp DOs and DON'TS? 9 9y
+19 Do Investment Bankers even make that much, yo? 7 9y
+24 Summer: Boutique IB vs Non Big 4 FDD 6 6y
0 Am I screwed? ADVICE plz 2 9y
+7 Need help choosing between boutique ibank internships 6 6y
0 What to do before starting SA position 0 9y
+21 What to bring on the first day? (SA) 34 6y
0 Is this a good pathway for a high paying specialized PE/HF/IB job? 0 9y
+37 Is it possible to get recruited out of college as an associate or higher? 25 9y
+31 Need Help with 2017 SA 8 6y
+48 GPA requirements for each bank 127 9y
+27 Will Cutting Corporate Tax Rate Spur M&A Activity? 7 9y
0 IB Non-Target, 3.65 GPA Houston 0 6y
0 Samsung NEXT 2 6y
+15 UVA McIntire or U of M? 12 6y
+4 UBS drug test policy and 4 9y
0 Golub Capital 5 8y
0 Investment Banking without Series 79 in USA 1 9y
+19 Top 40 non-target, 3.9 GPA sophomore - trouble recruiting this fall? 5 3y
+17 Interview Timeline Confusion 5 9y
+86 After Investment Banking 125 9y
+23 BDC thread 16 5y
+87 Graduating MSF - no job 37 9y
+2 Colgate? 4 5y
+20 How important is week 1 of Summer Internship? What to do if I can't attend 19 9y
+19 Chances of switching banks following internship 33 9y
+14 What is Lazard MM like? 15 6y
+11 Transaction Banking VS Investment Banking 5 3y
+21 Boutique Email Help 8 9y
0 Sophomore Internship Question?? 2 6y
+11 How does a dividend recap affect balance sheet 5 8y
+16 Are these two MM IB real? 5 6y
+12 M&A Sector Groups - Differences and Effects 3 9y
+40 Valuation of an intangible asset (technology / R&D) 17 9y
0 Series 63 & 79 Materials for Sale 0 6y
+29 $118K Undergrad Debt too much? 9 9y
0 UBS vs RBC 3 6y
+24 Please help! Vanderbilt Econ vs Cornell ILR? 23 6y
+12 DBO Partners? (fka Dean, Bradley, Osborne) 13 5y
+15 How to lateral to a different group 6 6y
0 Internship or MSc Finance 1 6y
+32 UIUC vs UC Irvine vs UC San Diego vs Baylor 10 6y
+1 Wells Fargo FAP Credit Training Program 1 9y
+62 Bereavement Leave in IBD 25 9y
0 Transcript before initial interview? 9 9y
+25 Can I get away without a junior summer internship? 8 9y
0 APEX Financial Internship? 2 9y
+6 GPA needed to go into IB from Stern? 4 6y
+8 Are a lot of MD's not involved with recruiting? 1 9y
0 Big data in M&A 1 9y
0 Consumer Retail Private Equity 2 9y
+3 Interviewer never got back to me, after saying I would get second round. What should I do? 2 9y
+9 UBC Sauder vs Umich LSA Economics 6 6y
0 Does BDT Capital ask for official/unofficial transcripts? 2 9y
0 Questions for investors using (or not using) mobile apps 0 9y
0 Internship to full time investment banking 0 9y
+15 How to invest 300+ hours this summer 3 9y
+23 Which internship do I accept? 10 9y

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