+22 Transfer to Ivy? 13 6y
+30 Undergrad Investment Clubs and their impact on recruiting 9 6y
+27 2020 SA Recruiting for International Student 11 6y
+77 is it even worth it for international students anymore? 38 6y
+14 Are Elite Botiques Percieved the Same as Botique Consulting Firms 12 6y
+102 Grateful Monkey Giving Back Pt. 1: Questions to Ask Interviewers 8 6y
+100 Quit Blaming Diversity Programs/Racism for you sucking... 28 6y
0 CS return rate 3 6y
0 Jefferies Reports Record Quarter - Month After Interns Complain About Offers 2 6y
+3 Referrals from Different Office 2 6y
+418 John 3:16 129 6y
+28 Bounced back after being fired from IBD. How to survive new gig? 11 6y
0 How did you juggle between getting killed on deals in IB and PE recruitment? 2 6y
+9 Union Square Advisors reputation in 2020 5 6y
+14 DTL arising from goodwill in acquisitions 3 6y
+3 How does lateraling work? 1 6y
+150 Credit Suisse 2020 SA Recruiting 412 6y
0 Is Debt Capital Markets and Loan capital Markets a part of IBD? 1 6y
+87 Advice for undergrads going into IB interested in PE 48 6y
+1 Implied Enterprise value vs. Total Transaction value in CapIQ 1 6y
0 Opportunity cost in financial modeling 4 6y
0 Hiring Freezes and 2021 5 6y
0 Small Business Lending Training (hybrid / online and webinar based) 0 6y
0 small tech boutique to Tier1/2 Tech PE 0 6y
+1 wells fargo corporate finance, is it IB? 2 6y
0 Citi SA 2021 Participants 1 6y
0 BofA Public Finance Superday 9 6y
+11 MM PE Junior Internship to BB/EB IB FT? 4 6y
+8 FT: Lower BB in NY vs. Boutique in TX 8 6y
0 Analyst WFH Package 5 6y
0 How to secure a fall/spring internship while networking for future internships 1 6y
+16 Take a Bad Offer vs. Take a Gamble with COVID Hiring Environment 6 6y
+31 Stop Pretending Diversity Programs Help Racial Inequality: Admit It's for PR and Move-On 22 6y
0 Technical Question: Why do we use EV/EBITDA and P/E? 2 6y
+14 Superday preparation 14 6y
+2 How hard is it to break into IB? 9 6y
+20 Who else is going crazy? 7 6y
+26 Biopharma IB to Buyout PE 10 6y
+11 Is UChicago Undergrad a Target School? 11 6y
+1 WHAT TO DO?! PLZ HELP. 6 6y
0 Bonuses for Analysts at DB? 0 6y
+12 Leerink 2018 Info? 17 6y
+8 Mid-tier BB vs EBs in London 7 6y
0 What metrics are MD and VP level bankers evaluated on by COO team? 0 6y
0 Getting into IB late through masters program 0 6y
+12 Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Capital Markets 2021 Quantitative Technology Services 1 6y
+6 Yield Curves - CB/DCM? 3 6y
0 LBO Q on Existing Debt Fees 3 6y
+21 What do people do if they don't get into PE? 24 6y
+1 Citi Groups 1 6y
0 William Blair Europe Cuts 3 6y
0 What timeline should I be looking at? 0 6y
0 IB 4 Month Long Intern Project 1 6y
0 Portfolio Management Direct Lending Interview 2 6y
+7 NY vs LA 6 6y
+23 Big 4 TAS to Investment Banking 14 6y
+14 Moving From UK to US 8 6y
0 Competition for a BB position in LatAm is insanely hard 1 6y
0 Signing Bonus Repayment 1 6y
+143 Ranking: Evercore NY, PWP NY, Lazard NY, Lazard Tech? 30 6y
+3 CG Petsky vs. FTP 0 6y
+12 How To Start Off Right From WFH 0 6y
+18 Question about UK interviews 11 6y
+5 Investment Banking or Military Contractor 9 6y
0 Morgan Stanley interview + J.P. Morgan interview + Golman Sachs Interview 0 6y
+39 Rank the Banks! 19 6y
+3 Do bankers in SF get paid more than their NY counterparts given the cost of living is higher? 5 6y
+9 Answer to support my case please 5 6y
0 Can someone run a capital Iq/factset search for me please? 5 6y
+20 Psychometric Assessments -- Asking for Adjustments?! (London SA Recruiting) 6 6y
0 ABL group? 8 6y
+1 Figured Out My Mistake in an interview.. followup? 2 6y
+27 Foros Group - any intel? 15 6y
+34 Learn to code or nah? 17 6y
+1 How to Value a FinTech Company 3 6y
+9 Intnl Student - Why America/NYC? 7 6y
+6 Starting out in London as opposed to the big apple 3 6y
+2 How to dance at work 3 6y
+5 2020 Layoff Risk 3 6y
+3 Work Streams in IB 1 6y
0 Does Goldman Sachs test for weed? 1 6y
+22 Infrastructure IB in Canada - Comp 5 6y
0 Post LD WFH Hours 5 6y
+9 For those who got positions by networking, is reaching out to those outside of your alumni network unprofessional? 2 6y
+12 Post-MBA IB? 3 6y
+5 Investments To Make Before Starting FT IB 14 6y
0 GS 2021 SA SLC - Controller 0 6y
0 UK/EU types of bankruptcies: Chapter 11 and Chapter 7? 1 6y
+4 JPM/BAML/Citi London OC internship opening? 9 6y
+3 Banks/groups with the worst culture in London 3 6y
+18 Equity Research to Investment Banking (LevFin) 4 6y
+34 Sports IB 8 6y
+5 Who's back in the office NYC??? 6 6y
+11 Are Sign-In bonuses for an Incoming IB Analyst taxed? 15 6y
+6 How hard is it to land an analyst role at a BB/MM bank? 1 6y
+5 Financial Technology Partners Superday 9 6y
0 Worst Client CFO Experience 0 6y
+11 Applying to Borderline Positions 1 6y
+30 Got a FT offer.....but don't want to accept it and don't know what else to do 13 6y
+76 Why would a Private Equity firm be more interested in IRR instead of NPV for a particular company? 61 6y

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