+80 International Students breaking into banking - ask and I'll try to help 42 15y
0 Rockefeller & Co. BO position 2 15y
+43 Bonus Bananas Feb 25, 2011 16 15y
0 Baird Public Finance 1 15y
+7 25 Guys to Avoid on Wall Street! 24 15y
0 Timeframe for Receiving Offers SA 1 15y
0 Balance Sheet Mess BAML / Citi etc. 2 15y
+96 The gender equality wars 79 15y
0 GS Chi/SF vs DB NY, SA 2011 9 15y
+24 Weekend Wars: Despot vs. Doggie 12 15y
0 norcal bbs still recruiting?? 5 15y
+7 Interview - is it weird to arrange your own travel? 13 15y
+60 BO roles that are still core to the company? 28 15y
0 Exit opportunities for GS TMT and MS M&A 5 15y
0 Bonus Bananas Feb. 18, 2011 9 15y
0 Oil & Gas M&a 27 15y
0 is this a good idea for my education to become an i-banker? 3 15y
0 Summer analyst internship 2 15y
+7 Prospective monkeys: how to never break into wall street 3 15y
+78 Bonus Bananas Feb. 11, 2011 21 15y
0 Difference between FSG/LevFin? 2 15y
0 Wells Fargo Corporate and Commercial Banking 6 15y
+19 LAZ vs EVR/GHL 15 15y
+47 On Campus Recruiting -- The Reality at Targets 44 15y
0 Are SA class numbers fixed 1 15y
+28 Bonus Bananas Feb. 4, 2011 12 15y
+85 Four Loko Is the Devil 109 15y
+59 What is corporate "culture"? An insider's take... 52 15y
0 Hiring a 1st/2nd Year lateral analyst 6 15y
+7 GS SF vs MS LA vs BarCap NY 14 15y
0 Need a good book on convertible bonds 1 15y
0 Consultants & LBOs 2 15y
+44 Allen & Co. vs GS vs MS 37 15y
0 IB Summer Internship Eligibility 0 15y
0 Co-worker questions my PTO 4 15y
+6 If you dont have offers.... 5 15y
0 Paulson & Co vs. Pershing Square vs. Greenlight 9 15y
+17 MS Equities Sales vs CS Equities Research 11 15y
0 Interesting/Most Challenging Aspects of Corporate Finance Research 3 15y
+15 big 4 BSD or bb md BSD = salary Vs Bonus 6 15y
0 Database of deals 0 15y
0 What is the process for spreading comps? 5 15y
0 How to Defer Summer Analyst Placement 4 15y
0 Which offer is better for FT? 0 15y
+3 2nd round interviews 7 15y
0 Houlihan Lokey SA 11 15y
+7 Rate this Job - Sophomore 4 15y
+10 how much time do you have to decide if to accept the offer 21 15y
0 no one follows up with phone interview, what to do??? 5 15y
+17 PubFin at BB vs MM Coverage Group 9 15y
0 Best Way To Become a Master of Technical Finance? 3 15y
+11 Should I include my 3-month work experience? 4 15y
0 Quit or wait 12 15y
0 Advice Please, what should I look for 11 15y
+12 Building a good relationship with a mentor? 10 15y
0 Institutional Banking Analyst? 1 15y
+28 In the year 2050... 22 15y
+14 Wearing religious articles to IB interview / ethnic lifestyle? 13 15y
+10 Main difference between PIBs and a "Company Profile" 3 15y
0 Project Finance- Oil Well Deal structures 1 15y
0 Using Last Semester's GPA 5 15y
+3 Recomended Next Steps for Sophomore 0 15y
+44 Beat this LinkedIn 40 15y
0 Ideas for Finance/Economic Research 5 15y
+16 BofA - ML 5 15y
+17 Interesting Transactions & Alliances 9 15y
0 MBA --> Associate ....what are the target programs 14 15y
+23 Choosing Between 2 Offers 14 15y
+7 GS Partners 4 15y
0 TPG Capital vs. KKR 10 15y
0 Summer Internship Diaries & Day/Week in the Life 0 15y
0 Finance Entrance Path 10 15y
+7 Hong Kong internship trying to move into USA 7 15y
0 General Electric / Wellstream Deal - Goldman Sachs Industrial coverage 0 15y
0 IB SA requirements - unique situation 3 15y
+6 Cowen vs. OP vs. FBR 10 15y
+4 Keeping up-to-date 8 15y
0 Help-Bloomberg look up ebitda multiples 3 15y
0 Apartments in SF? 3 15y
+46 Spreading Comps--How precise for M&A? 23 15y
0 DILEMMA - Advice much appreciated 5 15y
0 Analyst Bloomberg usage 18 15y
0 Assessing the profitability of a subsidiary 0 15y
+27 How many cold emails to send before giving up...? 39 15y
+9 If i get into Harvard MBA, are there any reasons not to go? 22 15y
0 Caris Co vs Montgomery Co 4 15y
0 Paulson & Co 3 15y
0 MA Econ from either Rice or Vandy... 20 15y
0 Which Career Besides HF Would Allow Me To Be A "Pro Value Investor" So To Speak? 2 15y
0 Cowen vs. Leerink? 14 15y
0 How a deal trickles down to an analyst level? 5 15y
0 Securities Licenses for M&A? 2 15y
+22 Is gay the new black? Diversity 28 15y
+68 NSFW Episode 4: Silver, Welfare Reform, Winter Inflation 28 15y
0 Target with no ECs 6 15y
0 Did any of you take longer than 4 years to finish UG? 6 15y
+15 choose between GS, McK and Deutsche offers 13 15y
0 Assistance requires, pleeease 1 15y
0 Did Wall Street Cost the Dems the Election? 12 15y
+12 nomura final round technology 5 15y

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