+6 Execution/Pitching in Coverage Groups 1 18y
+21 How's FIG doing right now? 7 18y
0 New IBD Rankings 79 18y
0 Should I take an internship position for a State Securities Board? 2 18y
0 Job Cuts and Business Continuity 4 18y
0 Summer Class during SA - Possible? 11 18y
0 Institute for Finance 3 18y
0 Wachovia plans to cut 500 jobs within its corporate and investment bank 10 18y
0 Need some serious advice on getting into the industry 4 18y
0 Is FT as fun as the SA experience? 2 18y
+20 Why are the hours so bad in this group? 19 18y
0 CS Wall Street Immersion Program Interview next week....what to expect 19 18y
0 CV Building for new FTs 3 18y
+24 What's the absolute worst that could happen...? 21 18y
0 Modelling 5 18y
0 Work hard ... Play (Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six) Harder 10 18y
0 How does Morgan Stanley SA group placement work? 5 18y
+1 MoCo poaches Jefferies restructuring 0 18y
0 Senior in college looking for advice 9 18y
0 Valuation Premiums for Luxury Brands 14 18y
0 VB / SQL / SAS / MATLAB / Access 0 18y
0 No news from HR regarding training 4 18y
0 CapitalIQ question 1 18y
0 The documentation analyst/modeling analyst dynamic 5 18y
0 I love Dealbook 13 18y
0 Big 4.... M&A/CorpFin??? 4 18y
0 It's my turn now to be an arsehole :) 5 18y
0 Lehman Investment Banking and Fixed Income Rotation Help 10 18y
0 CEO's office 4 18y
0 someone got to help me! 9 18y
0 Schmoozing for Dummies? 8 18y
0 No banking offers other similar jobs? 6 18y
0 When do the perks start coming back? 24 18y
0 Financial Controller @ ibank (MS) 0 18y
0 Background Check -- Post MBA position 4 18y
0 Help. I need to Bankify myself 8 18y
0 Private messages 4 18y
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0 Can a banker overrule HR? 10 18y
0 What Bear Stearns could have done to prevent its own destruction 5 18y
0 Chose the Wrong SA Offer - Any advice? 3 18y
0 Experience>Experience? 3 18y
0 Another phone question 8 18y
0 financial institutions 3 18y
0 How long did dealmaven take you? 0 18y
0 Bschool --> IB Gameplan 10 18y
0 Alternative Energy Groups 2 18y
0 Help!!! Group and Industry preference for Goldman Sachs 35 18y
0 Infrastructure PPP question 1 18y
0 Finally the market is giving credit to undervalued stocks... 1 18y
0 What to do now? Advice please. 4 18y
0 Best resource to learn about the energy industry 9 18y
0 The role of co-managers 2 18y
0 Data & analysts for homebuilding and remodeling industries? 3 18y
0 Exchange or not 3 18y
0 Net Working with alumni----how? 4 18y
0 Long Term Implications For The Street - Tighter Regulations, Smaller Bonuses 6 18y
0 Which analysts go to recruiting events? 4 18y
0 miltary to top MBA? 2 18y
0 Hong Kong Summer Analyst Compensation 11 18y
0 What exactly does it mean to generate revenue? 4 18y
0 Is it possible to delay the onboarding process for one year? 0 18y
0 Taxes, insurance, etc. 4 18y
0 Corporate Banking internship for Sophomore Year 12 18y
+34 The Culture of Doing a 2 Year IBD Stint and Then MBA 32 18y
0 From Merrill to PE - questions and comments 5 18y
0 The secret to making partner before 30 26 18y
0 JPM Contacting BSC FT/SA Hires . . . 7 18y
0 CA or CPA for I-Banking??? 7 18y
0 Turning an informational interview into a possible job opp. 16 18y
0 Next Question 31 18y
0 Whats the deal with Middle-Office Finance at an investment bank? 8 18y
0 Front or Back office? 2 18y
+23 Got Goldman Sachs Internship, not sure about it. I need your help 16 18y
0 Which internship should I take? 10 18y
0 How to approach this interview question? 3 18y
0 Rumor that ML has $8 billion in writedowns coming up and laying off 10-15% of the I-Bank 6 18y
0 What's the current deal market like?? 1 18y
0 JP Morgan Securities-Fund Services 1 18y
0 Questions Regarding Business School/MSF/MBA 0 18y
0 Before the Internship 4 18y
0 Resume Qt's 3 18y
0 Interesting Predicament....Advise Please 11 18y
0 Capital spending cash flows 3 18y
0 How do you know shoes off Ebay are legit? 9 18y
0 Any word on BSC FT or Summer Associates? 5 18y
0 Does this sound like Front office or Back office? 9 18y
+15 Thoughts on my chances in banking? 8 18y
0 Missed New Analyst HR Event 9 18y
0 Remember that billionaire who had the 2nd largest stake in Bear? 9 18y
0 Stupid to start FT in Sponsors/LevFin? 9 18y
0 IB Responsibilities 1 18y
0 WAAC on a private company? 2 18y
0 Interview with HR director, any advice? 2 18y
0 Lazard --> PE 5 18y
0 Hedge Funds took out Bear Stearns 1 18y
0 Looking forward, what will IB analyst comp/bonus be like at the BB's? 30 18y
0 From X To IB 6 18y
0 FT Hire at BEAR starting in summer 08' 9 18y
0 should we be looking around? 7 18y

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