Which 2-4 Books before BB training? Scoop guide?
Hi all
Starting training at BB in London in about a month and about to go on a relaxing holiday for a few weeks. I have a degree in finance and have done a financial modelling course, so I'm pretty well prepared, but want to be able to kill it for group selection.
What 2-4 books would you recommend to take on holiday with me to be as prepared as possible for training and impressing for group selection? If you had to name 5, what would they be? Finance textbooks? Accounting textbooks? Narratives like Too Big To Fail, Big Short? Scoop Guide (which I own)? Rosenbaum/Pearl guide?
List your 5!
Thanks
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities by DePamphilis for M&A was quite good from and academic point of view.
None, enjoy your holiday. BB training is a joke and if you have any brain you'll be fine. Getting into a good group is all about networking well and showing you have a personality, not showing off what little finance knowledge you have.
Big Short was informative, but you don't learn how to do anything. So I guess its useful to have backround if something comes up in conversation, but I doubt it would help you perform better. I'm working through Rosenbaum and Pearl's book now. I'm only going into my sophomore year (so keep that in mind when taking any of my advice), but I am not having any trouble working through there book and it basically walks you through some analysis (comparable companies, LBO, DCF and maybe some other stuff). If you are interested in learning those techniques than it would be useful and it is a pretty quick read. Like keyboardcat said though, they might teach you all of that in training anyways.
Thanks for the advice guys. Keybaortcat probably offers the best advice, but I'm a pretty type A personality and will be reading regardless, so may as well read something useful! Keep them coming, I'd love to see someone's top 3-5.
seriously bro just lay back and kick it. god knows when the next time you'll be able to relax.
if you've gotten this far you know your shit and i highly doubt your actual technical knowledge is gonna make that much of a difference. just keep up to date with what's goin on and enjoy the last few days of freedom.
Again, thanks for the advice, but I've spent the last few months relaxing and I really need to be on the ball for training.
How to Go Out and Have Fun with Friends Before Starting BB Training for Dummies
As far as workplace politics and just generally being a better person read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
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