Really Competitive / Cutthroat Groups on the Street

Hey SSCC, the following topics might be helpful:

• How hard is it really to go past the first round (resume round) without networking? the first round, how tough is the competition for me? I know that this may sound like a stupid ... it is so I'll just ask it. How hard is it to get past the first round (not the interview, resume ... question but what are the odds that a guy like me get a FO IBD role in BB or Botique IBanks? like 1 to 10? ...
• Is Investment Banking really that hard to get into??? Before any of you guys go ballistic on me, I admit that the title is a clickbait. I know that the ... when compared to the other front office positions. Is it equally as hard? Slightly easier? A lot ... front office positions such as IBD, Sales and Trading, and Equity research are extremely difficult to ...
• Ranking the Douchiest People You Will Meet On Wall Street by Where They Went To Undergrad has to sit through an hour long information session with the Compliance team. There is really no need ... for this, other than the fact that every other important group at your firm got to present to the ... over so you can go back to browsing Twitter on the stool- when suddenly the black-frame glasses wearing ...
• How Difficult is Investment Banking? I suppose with all the focus on how difficult it is to get in in the first place, an the fact the ... a tough job with the pressure and hours but how difficult is it to build a model? Is it challenging in ... of the work Non-regular models Accounting work Attitude BankonBanking: It depends on your gro
• really difficult to own a condo in manhattan his boss, who's a principal with the firm, still rents on east 29th street. given the fact that ... this guy makes a ton of money but still rents, i guess it shows how hard it is to buy a decent condo in ...
• How much does working on Wall Street really pay? careers on wall street. I don't necessarily have a burning passion for medicine, but I have a lot of ... I start my own practice/join as a partner in a group practice. Seeing as I do enjoy medicine, the only ... doing-something-in-finance. As you can tell by the ambiguous wording of my latter choice, I have only a very small idea about ...
• What's the most difficult job you've had? of Doug Haynes talking about the selection process for their Point72 Academy. He explained that they ... looked for candidates with grit, people who have held tough jobs. After hearing this, I thought back on ... a mentally/physically draining job that definitely tested me. While the job sucked, I'm glad I went through the ...
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No promises, but sometimes if we mention a user, they will share their wisdom: Sunil-Sanikop @j19l" wilsonleechen

I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.