+27 Private Equity/Hedge Fund Recruiting: Differences between Starting at a BB Investment Bank vs. a MM/Boutique Investment Bank 6 8y
+94 Sorry, you weren't good enough 36 8y
0 Boutique to Buy Side 1 8y
0 PE Recruiting: S&T --> Cap Markets --> Coverage (GS/MS)...how would it work? 5 8y
0 Analysis behind how much does EV change if WACC changes by 1%? 2 8y
+73 Advice for an ex-IB MD: What to read if you want to go into finance 8 8y
0 Transferring question 4 8y
+77 Why I Enjoy Networking with Candidates 16 8y
0 Senior year grades dropping 1 8y
0 The 10 Weirdest Wall Street Gifts For Sale on eBay 0 8y
0 JP Morgan Treasury Services Summer 2016 3 8y
0 Questions for people that have been in an interview 0 8y
+71 2014 WSO Rankings for Investment Banks: Career (Part 2 of 10) 41 8y
+7 6 Month Internship Programs? 7 8y
+9 I open a hot dog stand and contribute a hot dog. What happens to the financial statements? Ignore taxes. 9 8y
+20 A bit confused on this merger modeling business 4 8y
+4 Interview question - Accounting Walkthrough 1 8y
0 No debt FLDP vs ~60k MFin to banking 7 8y
+16 LEaving a job - signed a Non-compete - Why should I tell them where Im going? 4 8y
+30 2014 WSO Community Rankings. Investment Banks (Part 1 of 10): Release Schedule 0 8y
0 I didn't know about the contract! What did I get myself into!? 5 8y
0 If company A has ROE of 10% and Company B has ROE of 20%, who should acquire who in an all stock deal to make it accretive? 2 8y
0 Critique Resume Before Sending to MD PLS 8 8y
+11 Does beta change from country to country assuming the same business operations? 4 8y
+5 UVA vs. USC vs. Vanderbilt 5 8y
0 Model interview questions 0 8y
0 ALDI Internship vs. Fortune 500 Internship 9 8y
+73 Interest Rate Hike 74 8y
0 Bank Of America sum an 2 8y
0 Investment Banking: PSU vs Umich vs Georgetown 3 8y
+7 Question on Recruiting 5 8y
0 Valuation of merged firm 2 8y
+10 Goldman 12/15 SA Superday Results 7 8y
+7 Are CS and Barclays FT return offers group specific 5 8y
0 Split Recruiting Cycle 1 8y
0 Difference between Barclays and Barclays Capital? 2 8y
+15 If a company is expected to perform very well/poor in the future, how is this reflected in the DCF model? 13 8y
+14 how much longer? BB IBD offer.. 5 8y
+10 From Factoring to IB 3 8y
0 Goldman Sachs Superday 12/15 6 8y
+25 Wall Street Prep's $10 Financial Modeling Courses until July 29th at Udemy.com 17 8y
0 Chances on IB summer analyst internship? 5 8y
0 9-month rolling EBITDA? 2 8y
+8 Doostang's Resume Review 10 8y
0 Resume in need of some harsh criticism - IB SA recruiting 8 8y
0 Lazard/Greenhill - Average Summer Associate Intern Hires? 0 8y
+18 Office Visit Post Accepting FT Offer 19 8y
+4 What's the difference between a full-service financial services firm and an investment bank? 2 8y
0 Impairment Losses, FCF Reconciliation 0 8y
0 Nomura SA Recruiting Timeline 6 8y
+17 Accepting Wells Fargo IBD vs. Waiting for BAML Superday 11 8y
0 Meeting with a partner 7 8y
+37 GS/MS S&T vs IB at less "prestigious" banks for Summer 20 8y
0 JP Morgan Sons and Daughters 0 8y
0 Where can I access a Bloomberg Terminal? 3 8y
+11 Blowdown scenario modelling -- O&G 8 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey or Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 4 8y
0 How to add overvalued asset to enterprise value? 3 8y
+16 Difference between an information memorandum and an offering memorandum? 3 8y
0 What's a "status report?" 0 8y
0 If a company expects a company to do very very well or very poorly in the upcoming months, how is this reflected in the DCF ? 1 8y
0 Can You Lateral From Strats To Banking 1 8y
0 Is it possible to lateral from strats to IBD? 6 8y
0 Accounting Internship for Finance. What should I do? 4 8y
0 2015 summer analyst pay 27 8y
+16 HF recruiting from BB (GPA, deal experience, when to start etc) 4 8y
+17 Rejected FLDP for Big 4 TS, end goal IBD. Did I make a mistake? 15 8y
+12 Incoming Interview Candidate on Linkedin? 26 8y
0 Valuation doubts 0 8y
0 JPM Superday going to be through phone 6 8y
+21 SPOTLIGHT: I-Banking Bullpen Rules and FAQs 0 8y
0 Wells Fargo: CHG: Consumer, Healthcare, Gaming 2 8y
0 Not a single interview yet - Resume? 12 8y
+41 BB/EB IBD vs. PE Straight out of Undergrad 37 8y
0 Surface 3 or Surface 3 Pro for work? 0 8y
0 Am I killing my chances to get into IB? 1 8y
+6 Two Part Super Day 5 8y
0 Goldman Sachs Scholarship for Excellence 2015 1 8y
+10 GS Video Interview 21 8y
+19 Will the next Banking Purge be in 2016-2017? 9 8y
0 26 y/o going to DC Part Time MBA Program 0 8y
+12 background check for FT 6 8y
0 Superday after 2 months? 9 8y
+86 Already have a lot of money...should i really go into banking? 61 8y
0 Finance Principles applied to Investment Banking 0 8y
0 Tax + ACCA + MiF --> M&A 1 8y
0 Gaming & Lodging Exit opps 2 8y
0 Real Estate IB equity research? 0 8y
+4 Salary for 1st year associate at Goldman, Natural Resources Investment Banking 5 8y
+9 Buy side investment banking? 1 8y
0 BAML Non Target SA Superday 12/7 4 8y
+7 Geography Question 4 8y
+26 Rejecting Offer / Dropping Out: They want to know which firm I chose? 13 8y
0 Advice on options (IBD -> PE) 3 8y
+23 Power of Managing Directors? 40 8y
0 Is HLHZ still hiring for SA? 2 8y
0 LBO beginner question 1 8y
+39 How did you prepare for Full-Time? 39 8y
+45 The Truth about Finance/Business Majors, and Everyone Wanting to go into "IB/PE" 41 8y
+63 How To Win Friends And Influence People 7 8y

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