0 Best way to thank contacts after getting an offer? 4 14y
0 Working FT IB While Waiting for FT IB Analyst? 1 14y
+31 FOF or Pension? 11 14y
+57 Private Equity Returns 9 14y
0 PIPER JAFFRAY ANALYST INTERVIEW -- ECM 2 14y
+18 Is 24 too old to join as an IBD analyst? 42 14y
0 Answering "What do you do when you find a mistake in a meeting" 4 14y
0 Is this a feasible business structure? 0 14y
0 PE/HF recruiting on December 31 Bonuses 2 14y
0 Just got a FT IBD Offer with Citi but have already verbally committed to another 24 14y
0 Hamada formula 0 14y
+12 Market Risk Premium 15 14y
+17 Actual horror story I heard today - wrong client 7 14y
0 Why is the banking economy so bad? 4 14y
0 WSO Weekly-Wrap Up (10/20-10/26) 0 14y
0 Mid-Level Guys Leaving Wall Street 21 14y
0 How would you value a pool of various rail cars? 3 14y
0 Coverage group guides/resources 1 14y
+13 Montgomery & Co 42 14y
+31 Crime DOES Pay! 18 14y
+38 Should WSO Use Cash for Silicon Valley Oasis? 39 14y
+11 Questionnaire BNP Paribas 0 14y
0 Got an Offer Yesterday, and then Shit Happend 8 14y
+43 Pandit's Legacy 15 14y
0 Decline FT trading offer and extend graduation for IBD 18 14y
0 Need advice! Any and all! 2 14y
0 Best book to get a good understanding of modern economics? 15 14y
+26 Do all post-MBA offers start as first year associates? 9 14y
0 Comments from the week 10/14-10/20 1 14y
0 Bonus Bananas October 19, 2012 13 14y
0 Weekly Wrap-Up: 10/13-10/19 0 14y
0 Name an idea for a new bank product 11 14y
0 Networking with alumni from divisions that you are not interested in? 3 14y
+19 5th Year Summer Analyst Recruiting or Big 4 Valuations? 6 14y
+15 So what do I do now?... Post-Recruiting Woes 8 14y
+21 Former SAs - Did you overestimate your competition? 17 14y
+21 Wall Street Is Undergoing A Hiring Sea Change That Could Take It Back 30 Years 5 14y
+22 The disclosure dilemma: Why more disclosure has led to less information 3 14y
0 COO of a group in an investment bank 2 14y
+12 Dilemma - Next steps post BB? 0 14y
+48 MM IBD vs. BB ECM for FT 22 14y
0 Add interest rate swap expense to Earnings? 3 14y
0 What to focus on--last-minute interview 1 14y
0 Firm Reputation and Execution Quality 1 14y
0 Pandit Leaving was about Money 13 14y
0 Any More Formal Recruiting for FT? 1 14y
0 Becker and IBD parallels 0 14y
+33 Former Goldman Smokeshow Killing It as Webpreneur 18 14y
0 Below average GPA from top 10 school as a D1 athlete? 10 14y
+1 Am I getting an offer? 3 14y
0 UBS LA Classic Definition of "Too Busy" 35 14y
+20 Lateral Pseudo Offer Advice 3 14y
+24 Balancing Banking and PE interviews? 8 14y
+39 CITI Operations Internship - Good Foot in the Door? 24 14y
0 confused!! Help! 3 14y
0 FT offer letter questions 6 14y
0 How do IBs determine the level of contribution of each department to top line? 2 14y
+54 I think I'm about to get fired 68 14y
0 Opinions Welcome - Job Offer 11 14y
0 FBR SUPERDAY -- Please Help! 0 14y
0 Put clubs over retail experience? 2 14y
+57 Wheres all the Doomsdayers at? 32 14y
0 Epic Resignation 12 14y
0 Selecting the right job for law school 10 14y
+11 work experience evidence? 2 14y
0 Recommendation from Boy Scout troop Scoutmaster: good or bad idea? 4 14y
+42 I don't understand the IB process 48 14y
0 Commercial Relationship Manager to Fixed Income Research 2 14y
0 Will cold mails make sense? 3 14y
+80 I-banking for a beginner 122 14y
+24 Lessons of a Master of the Universe -Part 2 of 2 5 14y
0 Resume Critique for Summer Analyst Position [Target/Semi-Target University] 9 14y
0 M&A and RESTRUCTURING as an Analyst 3 14y
0 Exit opps for top vs middle vs bad groups at BBs 1 14y
0 One Group 6 14y
+13 Withdrawing from a semester in college for family problems? 7 14y
0 What happens after you accept your offer? 3 14y
0 Trying to Pick Offer 0 14y
+31 Use WSO with caution 17 14y
0 Resume Critique and networking advice 1 14y
0 Do you know more about finance than Bloomberg's help desk? 3 14y
+22 Big 4 TS financial due diligence ---> IBD, input please 10 14y
0 Deloitte FAS Interview 1 14y
0 Atlanta - Morgan Joseph vs. Brookwood Associates 2 14y
0 Brain Teaser question Expected Value 5 14y
+19 Gleacher vs. Guggenheim vs. Lincoln Int'l Full Time Offers 40 14y
0 Breaking Into Funds Without Investment Banking 29 14y
0 PwC TS vs Duff & Phelps Valuation 6 14y
0 Cappelo Capital Corp Internship? 3 14y
0 Mortgage Backed Security Prices 5 14y
+13 Big 4 M&A Tax Over IB 5 14y
0 Excel interpolation 3 14y
0 How to find where a company's cash and ST investments are domiciled? 1 14y
+11 Financial Modeling World Championship 13 14y
0 To become an Associate or not? 6 14y
0 Edgeview Partners 0 14y
0 McColl Partners Superday? 0 14y
0 Are analysts usually on Bloomberg? 4 14y
0 Bonus Bananas September 28, 2012 14 14y
0 Help, looking for potential opportunities. 0 14y

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