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+8 Top boutique (Lazard, Greenhill, Evercore,...) vs Top HF (Citadel, DE Shaw, Bridgewater,...) 9 11y
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0 FLDP Rotation Decision Day - ALL ADVICE WELCOME 2 11y
+40 How to Spin Back Office Job to IB 37 11y
+8 Distressed debt buyback accounting 8 11y
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+65 Current / Former Bankers: What's the one thing you wish prospective SA / FT analysts knew in the interview / hiring process? 34 11y
+96 Second Year IB Analyst Answering Questions 86 11y
+5 Laidback or competitive 7 11y
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+19 How much "researching" should you do on the people you meet at a networking event/coffee chat? 6 11y
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+22 Student Advice - Continue trying to break in? 20 11y
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0 Investment Management Goldman Sachs? 15 11y
+50 Interview With ThePillowPocket Founder Chad Riddersen, Pt. 1 32 11y
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+13 Best Way to Leverage Experience as Paranormal Investigator? 4 11y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets Undergraduate Internship (Phone Call in 2 hours) 4 11y
+131 Why We Hired a Non-Target 1st Year - IB Analyst 45 11y
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0 Sum-of the parts DCF help! 1 11y
+15 An Oops for Goldman Sachs in Its Advice on Vista-Tibco Merger (Dealbook article) 7 11y
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+24 How to figure out if I-Banking is right for me 18 11y
+12 IB Phone Interview Summer Analyst Internship 8 11y
+27 BB Corporate Banking vs. Elite Boutique Investment Banking 14 11y
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+12 international student, MSF program, no-targeting university how to break into I-B for summer inter 5 11y
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+31 What do restructuring bankers do on the creditor side? 9 11y
+79 Cold Feet 34 11y
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0 MD at BB all in Comp 3 11y
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0 Will Middle Market banks raise analyst salaries? 3 11y
+13 Is Barclays M&A internal to industry coverage? No dedicated team? (EMEA) 7 11y
+16 3.4 GPA from semi-target 12 11y
+66 GS/Laz/EVR 51 11y
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0 Industrials IBD BB Superday 6 11y
+8 What to wear before assessment centre? 2 11y
+8 Management rollover 6 11y
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+26 Barclays Summer Associate '14 - Group Recommendations 19 11y
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