Incoming Summer Intern - How do I get up to speed?
Disclaimer: I'm an incoming freshman at an Ivy who hadn't considered a career in finance until recently. As you can imagine, my knowledge of the industry/technicals is nascent.
I recently applied to a few boutique firms and managed to snag an offer for a summer internship next year. The VP I spoke to informed me that while my non-finance background isn't a problem, I'd be expected to have a working knowledge of a range of sectors by my freshman summer (e.g.: M&A, Valuation, PE, ER, Private Credit, etc.)
I'll be completely honest; I'm lost. Any pointers on where I could start would be much appreciated. I've already bought the M&I Excel and FM courses and am working on honing those skills. Is there anything else I should read to get up to speed and do well?
reading the breaking into wall street guides will help, would also recommend buying the Wall Street prep financial modeling course. These two combined should make you competent on the job but you should supplement with reading ab market, podcasts, and additional pe/pc materials
Perfectly useless given that he won't be given any modelling tasks. OP should focus on PPT shortcuts and read industry primers.
Second the Wall Street Prep rec. You can read all the guides you would like for the conceptual understanding, but applying it is far more rewarding. Will say that you cannot just do the course and then do nothing after - you should apply the skills you learned and model / value companies of your choice.
I'd also recommend joining your school's investment fund and reading the WSJ daily.
Going to third reading the guides
Thanks for the advice guys; I'll definitely get started on the WSP Financial Modelling course. Appreciate the help!
Do the WSP powerpoint course as ppt is 90% of what you'll be doing and you'll want to be quick and accurate
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