0 Cool Linkedin 8 15y
0 Big 4 Audit, Advisory, IBD? 10 15y
+25 Gaddafi's Next Gig: Goldman CEO? 5 15y
0 Market getting screwed (again) 27 15y
+53 Bonus Bananas May 27, 2011 29 15y
+5 Public Finance (muni underwriting) to Corp Finance Analyst lateral move 12 15y
0 Megafund exec agreed to talk to me.. need advice. 6 15y
0 A worse financial crisis looming? 2 15y
+29 Can the Bank cancel an offer? 66 15y
0 NSFW Episode 25: Crapture, LinkedIn Lunacy, Gunning for Goldman 3 15y
+17 1-month informal internship? 10 15y
0 IB Meeting: Advice Needed 2 15y
0 Anyone knows the pay for BNP HK Corporate Finance 1st entry level analyst? 1 15y
+16 If you decide to stay in banking, how hard is it to become one of the top guys. 19 15y
+13 Metals & Mining - Where Does UBS Rank? 8 15y
+74 Explain LinkedIn's Valuation To Me 47 15y
+74 Bonus Bananas May 13, 2011 33 15y
0 New Summer Opportunity - Urgent Advice Needed 8 15y
+12 Software Career Change to IB 3 15y
0 I-banking career path advice needed!! (and greatly appreaciated) 4 15y
0 Urgent: Tough decision regarding choosing internship/FT offer/major. Please help 10 15y
+75 Goldman IBD not the place to be? 49 15y
+10 People who have left IB to pursue a passion 3 15y
+16 Accounting at Cornell 8 15y
0 Valuation Concepts! 3 15y
+16 How legit is this offer? 13 15y
+2 LinkedIn Stalking 6 15y
0 Bonus Bananas Apr 29, 2011 8 15y
0 Need advice for SA. 1 15y
+14 Credit Analyst Interview please help! 8 15y
0 Am I the only one who finds it funny (but sad) when... 10 15y
0 Need an SA 8 15y
0 What do you guys think of working in the "Principal Investments" group of a F500? 4 15y
0 BarCap equity research or Credit Suisse ECM ??? 3 15y
0 Which bank? 13 15y
+25 Summer Intern: Boutique IB (but probably not too much banking work) or UBS WM? 33 15y
+15 Corporate development or Big 4 Transaction Services? 7 15y
0 Tapping the Securities Markets for Commercial Real Estate 7 15y
+14 Transaction Advisory > IB 9 15y
0 S+P Outlook on the U.S.? Negative. 15 15y
0 The Military 15 15y
+11 at-will employment... i need some advices! 10 15y
+16 Cornell Human Ecology --> Ibanking? 11 15y
0 Wharton Executive M&A Program 1 15y
+14 RBS Global Portfolio? 8 15y
0 Interview question help! 6 15y
0 What Category Would This Fall Under? 5 15y
0 Fixing typo errors in networking e-mails 4 15y
0 ARTIFICIAL Shareholder Spread - legal? 0 15y
0 DCM To.... 8 15y
+66 Bonus Bananas Apr 1, 2011 43 15y
+13 Putting a 6 month full time 'finance' job on CV as experience? 13 15y
0 Engineer USC 3 15y
0 When to pull the trigger? 6 15y
0 Does sophmore summer matter? 14 15y
0 Worth taking Boutique IB job in small Market? 2 15y
+19 Expected stock price 2 to 5 years from now 24 15y
+21 Georgia Tech vs Stanford Masters in Engineering- Which one will open more doors in Banking? 28 15y
0 Customer Due Diligence Questions 0 15y
0 3 years out of HYPSM and in public service; break into IB? 13 15y
+17 Leave CFA® progress off my resume for banking?? 14 15y
+3 Financial Technology Partners vs. Piper Jaffray Technology 8 15y
+45 Bonus Bananas Mar 25, 2011 27 15y
+29 Corporate finance jobs: treasury vs FP&A? 23 15y
0 Goldman Sachs SSG, Investment Partners, Risk Arb, etc. 12 15y
0 Are foreign BBs governed by the FDIC too? 2 15y
0 Capex - Media companies 6 15y
+34 Stock Based Compensation and FCF modeling 19 15y
0 JP Morgan gets a BIG deal AGAIN! 2 15y
+27 Is the Recovery Happening? 18 15y
+6 15 years of your life for guaranteed prestige/money - worth it? 7 15y
0 What's the difference between these 2 League tables for M&A advisory? 4 15y
0 Dilemma: offcycle internship vs big 4 grad role 3 15y
0 Deal Participation Percentage 2 15y
+60 Successful Analyst Lateral? 38 15y
+28 A WSO Cinderella Story 15 15y
0 UK M&A to PE recruiting. 4 15y
0 FiDi/Tribecca Roommate? 6 15y
+68 Asians in the UCLA library by Alexandra Wallace 97 15y
+24 Bonus Bananas Mar 18, 2011 13 15y
0 Help deciding between offers --- With a twist 1 15y
+14 Blackstone (Advisory) exit opps? 13 15y
0 Bonus Bananas Mar 11, 2011 15 15y
0 IBank Operations versus Big 4 Consulting- Final goal Front office 7 15y
0 The "Anti-Banker" Banker? 14 15y
0 2011 SA decision 7 15y
0 Which PE firms are stricter with bank/group/target school and which are more open? 10 15y
0 Pitchbook in LevFin? 12 15y
0 Anyone willing to help w Linkedin?? 7 15y
+103 "Make Wall Street Pay" Takes Off 60 15y
+20 Botique IBD SA vs J&J Leadership vs TMT Consulting vs MM Research 10 15y
0 JPM/BAML/Citi 10 15y
0 WF SF MM DCM SA 2 15y
0 interview for life after banking 2 15y
0 Gerson Lehrman Group Sales and Trading? 1 15y
+18 GPA for KKR, TPG, Carlyle, etc. 12 15y
+25 10 People to Befriend on Wall Street 25 15y
0 Researching for interviews 4 15y
0 GPA question for HK IBD 13 15y
+2 This might be a stupid question but... 5 15y

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