I don’t feel good enough
Hi! I feel like I’m not smart enough for investment banking. Math has never been easy for me, I’m not a fast learner. It takes me a while but I have the work ethic and persistence to learn and understand things. Not sure what to do with my life. I’ve done 2 IB internships but when I’m trying to study for technicals it’s hard to memorize definitions and undertansd the math. I have all the resources needed to study. But, should I consider changing my career trajectory ?
You should learn how to be confident.
How ? I feel like everyone around me is understanding it faster than I am. I get so nervous during interviews, I feel so behind.
Took me a bit of time to understand these concepts, thoroughly overtime. Sometimes it just takes time for you.
Would recommend that you don’t just memorize fam. Doesn’t help me any. You need to truly understand the concepts and it’ll flow much better for you.
I’m on the basic accounting questions 😭 I memorized everything until the 6th question. I can’t comprehend the 6th question how a $10 of depreciation affects financial statements or something 😭😭 it’s been stressing me out
Agree with above. Actually understand what the line items are and how changing one will effect the others. In an interview u will almost certainly not get the exact question in the guide.
I would recommend aiming and preparing for IBD, even if you are not confident in your ability to get an offer.
If you can't get an offer, it should be easy to beeline for a move to any middle office / back office role, with the knowledge you have of finance from IBD recruiting prep. Shoot for the moon, and if you miss you may land amongst the stars.
I get investment banking interviews, but it’s the technicals they’ve told me to work on. It’s been quite difficult but I’ve been starting to study hard. How can I use Wall Street oasis to help me out ?
There are a couple of things that landed me an offer.
Just want to say that IBD has nothing to do with math, it’s simply accounting which you need to understand and practice.
Thank you, this sounds dumb but isn’t IBD and IB the same thing ?
Bro I suck at accounting I’ve been searching basic accounting videos to learn properly😊
This is me even with BB internships lol
IB isn't math. It's much easier than heavy math.
Then why am I struggling with accounting topics in the 400 guide and financial modeling
Then why am I struggling with accounting topics in the 400 guide and financial modeling
Accounting is dumb. To learn the bean counter's ways, you just have to memorize a bunch of rules. Financial modeling should be relatively intuitive.
It’s easier if you learn the concepts from the BIWS chapters and then go through the 400 questions after. Sadly, I didn’t know about the BIWS guide existence until after most of the good firms finished recruiting. There’s also a behavioral questions guide.
There are other guides like vault, but you don’t ever need to read / you may be better off without that one.
What’s the difference between the concepts and 400 guide questions ?
What's that? Didn't catch you the first time
Don’t listen to the crappy answers you’re getting on this post. The BIWS concepts are in guide that’s basically a textbook. It’s online somewhere. The 400 questions are like flash cards. You’re likely not learning or understanding the concepts efficiently if you don’t have the explanations from the textbook version
Give up your attitude sucks and you sound like a middle schooler
No I don’t, feeling like you aren’t good enough is what a lot of people feel and I was tryna get some help, sorry you misunderstood my post but thank you for your input
Dude all of your posts make you sound sorry and incapable. You’re begging for pity at this point. “How do I keep myself motivated” “How do I memorize technicals” “I suck at math”. On top of that you have shit grammar and keep using the crying emoji everywhere. Get a grip. If you’re indian your parents should’ve raised you stricter or addressed your insecurities sooner. It’s normal to feel what you feel but it’s not normal to shitpost this much and keep asking dumb follow up questions for shit you can find online.
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Dude all of your posts make you sound sorry and incapable. You’re begging for pity at this point. “How do I keep myself motivated” “How do I memorize technicals” “I suck at math”. On top of that you have shit grammar and keep using the crying emoji everywhere. Get a grip. If you’re indian your parents should’ve raised you stricter or addressed your insecurities sooner. It’s normal to feel what you feel but it’s not normal to shitpost this much and keep asking dumb follow up questions for shit you can find online.
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