+16 is it ok to Leave out Future Acquisitions in a model? 3 13y
+16 Lazard's Capital Markets Advisory 30 9y
+16 What is the ratio between, say, managing directors and analysts at BBs? 21 13y
+16 BAML vs WF vs Stifel IBD 12 6y
+16 What is going on in the market today? 12 13y
+16 Is MBA or direct promote from analyst the only way to become an associate? 16 13y
+16 Which of These 2 IB Group Would You Take? 5 4y
+16 How does GS assign analysts to groups? 9 13y
+16 When will UBS drug test? 66 9y
+16 chance of IB full-time? 13 12y
+16 getting kidnapped 17 13y
+16 How can I move from compliance to M&A 18 7y
+16 Jefferies 2013 NYC SA class 14 6y
+16 Small victories, lets here em 4 13y
+16 Not afraid of hard work, only sleep deprivation 36 8y
+16 Internship: Trading vs. Boutique PE 6 13y
+16 Investment Banking Associate or Prop Trader 8 13y
+16 Final Transfer Decision 11 12y
+16 What is the point? 8 2y
+16 Questions about Interviews 9 13y
+16 PayPal Accidentally Credits $92 QUADRILLION 9 6y
+16 MS Lev Fin vs. GS/JPM/BAML 17 4y
+16 Need non-target help! 13 12y
+16 Mid-Level BB Coverage Group Exit Opps 12 12y
+16 Baird vs. Blair vs. Lincoln vs. Houlihan (CorpFin) 17 6y
+16 Interesting Cold Call 12 12y
+16 Post-Offer GPA Check 15 11y
+16 What are some examples of doing "sum of parts valuation models"? 24 3y
+16 sample investment banking pitch book 3 7y
+16 Rothschild vs. Citi IBD 19 6y
+16 What went wrong? 16 12y
+16 How are you guys approaching IB Recruiting? 45 12y
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+16 Jefferies - Houston Energy Group 23 4y
+16 Investing as a Recent College Grad/Young Professional 7 12y
+16 SA Offers: Baird vs. Lincoln vs. Harris Williams 12 6y
+16 BB Superday...bait-and-switch? 9 12y
+16 Summer Analyst Positions - Any chance of getting an IB internship? 4 10y
+16 Welp, I'm stuck at the office for at least 8 more hours today and I will be in on Xmas 13 12y
+16 Yet another school question... 10 6y
+16 IB Compensation Report 2 12y
+16 Help with Summer Analyst Offers 10 12y
+16 Messed Up on Interview 10 6y
+16 ATENTION ALL: If you have an app, call up your local investment banker today! 8 12y
+16 IB Behind US Airways / American Airlines Merger? 28 12y
+16 Brown vs Duke Undergrad 14 12y
+16 MS M&A vs BX M&A vs Evercore 14 6y
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+16 BB/MM Industrials Groups in NYC 6 6y
+16 Is Law considered a hard undergraduate subject? 30 12y
+16 Invesment Banking is for Losers? By: Robert Kiyosaki 15 12y
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+16 Alumni keeps flaking on informational interview 11 12y
+16 6 Month Contract Offer 7 11y
+16 Which offer to take? @ 2 small IB Boutique internships - Undergrad student 5 6y
+16 What are some non-buyside careers post a two year analyst stint? 6 11y
+16 3.4 GPA from semi-target 12 11y
+16 Cornell Hotel for IB? (vs. UMich Econ [currently]) 15 6y
+16 HR voicemail to call back - can't reach them 16 8y
+16 Barclays 2015 investment banking summer analyst london - interview 38 6y
+16 What happens to IB Analysts with low GPAs? 12 6y
+16 Perella Weinberg Partners (LND) vs Rothschild (LND) vs Citi (London) 6 6y
+16 Q&A: The IB Interview 11 11y
+16 How is UBS Hong Kong? 15 6y
+16 CS Industrials Vs. BAML Generalist, Associate Summer Internship - Which One? 7 11y
+16 SMITH School of Business (University of Maryland) IB prospects 9 5y
+16 LionTree 46 6y
+16 Accepted my offer today--Thanks WSO! 11 11y
+16 Time between verbal offer and letter 7 11y
+16 Deal Lingo: Advisor to the Board = Fairness Opinion? 10 11y
+16 How Can Multiple Banks Serve as Lead Underwriters? 7 11y
+16 Delay graduation or pursue MSF 5 9y
+16 Request from a talented associate 7 11y
+16 Sophomore year summer: Private equity or Investment banking? 9 11y
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+16 2016 FT Recruitment: London 11 6y
+16 LBO Question: EBITDA Multiple Expansion 4 11y
+16 Scoopbooks vs WSO IB Interview Guide 5 11y
+16 Recovering from a bad Start? 5 10y
+16 Cupcakes after Intern Initiation 15 11y
+16 Business school for Bankers 9 11y
+16 Midwest Middle Market or Goldman Sachs/BTG Pactual/Other top firms Brazillian Office? 1 6y
+16 Financial Modeling: Projecting sales growth 5 10y
+16 PPHB energy Houston info 10 6y
+16 Anonymous investment teaser example 15 7y
+16 Relationship between FCF and Cash on the Balance Sheet 4 10y
+16 Investment Banking Networking Question 5 6y
+16 What makes a deal interesting in your opinion? 7 4y
+16 Investment Banking Comparables 2 10y
+16 Haven't heard back after phone interviews... bad sign? 20 9y
+16 Choosing a less reputable, worse paying bank over another due to region preferences 6 10y
+16 Applying to NY as a UK undergraduate 23 4y
+16 My email has been opened by analyst multiple times - what does that imply? 17 10y
+16 Citizens Bank Leveraged Finance 9 7y
+16 Would you go for BO or FO role? 8 10y
+16 Difference between an information memorandum and an offering memorandum? 3 10y
+16 HF recruiting from BB (GPA, deal experience, when to start etc) 4 10y
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