0 IB switching to Research - have an interview with a top 3 firm next week? What do I need to know 1 18y
0 What are the best bars/hangouts in the Financial District? 7 18y
0 to all who say banking kids are dumb monkeys 38 18y
0 Has anyone completed Dealmaven level 2? 5 18y
0 Ever worked with an associate who was an analyst before bschool? 17 18y
0 Discussing an end of summer offer 8 18y
0 Making an excel table... PLEASE HELP! 2 18y
0 Citigroup comp rumors 3 18y
+38 Edgeview Partners - why so many associates/analysts?! 19 18y
0 When do you receive a raise in base pay? 9 18y
0 Payroll mistake 10 18y
0 BB to small PE? 1 18y
0 2nd Year Analysts vs. Summer Associates 4 18y
0 CS/Bio background: i-bank job options? 4 18y
+13 Can you skip being a analyst? 19 18y
0 Making the switch...operations --> analyst 12 18y
0 finance/accounting/dcf questions would appreciate help from someone that understands DCF analysis 4 18y
0 Usefel for analysts 4 18y
+16 Computer spying by the IT department at work 8 18y
+18 Being international sucks... 14 18y
0 Hypothetical Questions 3 18y
0 CONFERENCE CALL-----HELP!!! 12 18y
+12 Finance with Biochemistry? 2 18y
0 Young Money!! 4 18y
0 are there opportunities in PE/HF? 3 18y
0 Best branch in IBD? 6 18y
0 Interview: Emerging Market and Tech Sector Outlook 1 18y
0 Wachovia email structure 4 18y
0 How bad is the upper east side commute? 13 18y
+7 Where do those who failed to become an investment banker go 28 18y
0 Another Damn Excel Macro Question 5 18y
+35 How bad is the current crisis compared to previous ones? 31 18y
+15 BB Analyst vs. Private Equity Analyst 14 18y
+20 Resignation vs. Termination 12 18y
0 Will Financals keep going dow? 8 18y
+13 When to resign? Job offer 10 18y
0 Excel Macro not working after change in file name!!! 8 18y
0 questions about boutique/MM banks 10 18y
+25 IB background check - salary history 23 18y
0 Science and Finance? 7 18y
0 starting early 9 18y
0 Question about InBev's hostile approach 5 18y
0 What are the good boutique banks in LA that hire college undergrads during fall?? 2 18y
0 Drycleaning - DIY or pay someone else to get those cranapple stains out? 2 18y
0 Undergrad B-School to Banking, where do you start? 1 18y
0 GS people 1 18y
0 Summer Analyst Work Flow 26 18y
0 Banking is for the ALSO-RANS 5 18y
0 Can someone please help me find data on commercial construction? 0 18y
+31 I am Back to Gloat 19 18y
0 role of tax in M+A 1 18y
0 What are transfer credits in terms of Global Taxation 2 18y
0 Back to WSO after a "hiatus" 18 18y
0 are banks really not hiring for the fall? 25 18y
0 A secret 7 18y
0 UBS split IB from WM? 8 18y
+26 Brown Shoes to an Interview? 28 18y
0 To All the Bankers 8 18y
0 Top Mutual Fund high yield research 0 18y
+27 Funerals 17 18y
0 Will banking recover? How long? 16 18y
0 EXCEL 2007 in BSCHOOLS 9 18y
0 I feel like my group head doesn't like me... 9 18y
+9 Busy this summer for SAs? 9 18y
+40 I HATE my internship...about to do something risky 25 18y
+8 To all GS analysts who were affected 11 18y
+12 Am I the Only Incoming IBD Analyst That's Nervous? 17 18y
0 Where is that Excel add-in that was posted here awhile back? 2 18y
0 How important is the internship? 4 18y
0 Advice Please...What should I do? ( a little long sorry) 9 18y
+11 Goldman does it again... (photo is commentary not post related) 2 18y
0 How smart do you really need to be? 21 18y
0 WallStreet Prep Course -- Just The Facts Please!!!!! Part II 11 18y
+22 Best/Worst division to work in finance 31 18y
0 Temporary Blackberry (waiting for the Bold) 6 18y
0 Tan suit? 17 18y
0 Earnings projection model? 3 18y
+13 Portfolio Management Internship 2 18y
0 SA and FT same firm 5 18y
0 Where would you live? 12 18y
0 Which Bank has Screwed its SA/FT Analysts the Least? 18 18y
0 morning? 6 18y
0 Masters Degree -- better placement? 12 18y
0 are BB financials the best group to follow? 8 18y
0 Bank moving FT incoming IBD analysts to TSS 3 18y
0 PowerPoint Training 12 18y
+98 SA --> FT direct ? 261 18y
0 Excel Skills for "Modeling" 2 18y
0 Persistence 1 18y
0 Who's Advising in the Folgers-Smuckers Deal? 5 18y
0 For Current Analysts: Effect of Minority Status in IBD 8 18y
0 Its been almost 3 months since my 1st round interview 12 18y
0 Pre-hire accounting exercises 1 18y
0 Advice On Recruiting 13 18y
+33 Calculus needed in I-Banking? 25 18y
0 Breaking into BB from engineering 7 18y
0 Rotational Analyst Programs: Do they still exist? 8 18y
0 ok seriously guys... 16 18y
0 Training the street seminar vs Wall Street Prep 3 18y
0 MICROFINANCE and I-BANKING 1 18y

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