0 Would working at a local bank be ok for experience? 9 12y
0 No relevant work experience and I need serious help in reaching my goal of a career in trading 2 12y
0 Annoying Drug Test Question 0 6y
+11 I had an interview at Goldman 9 12y
0 Lateral Recruiting Process 9 8y
+13 CS Student Interested In Trading - How to Prepare for Next Recruiting Season? 1 12y
0 Question regarding application for internship 0 6y
+18 Risk it in Hongkong or Chinese SOE? 8 6y
0 Remote job doing corporate valuations / time series econometric modeling / algorithmic trading? 1 12y
0 Curious about Collateral Adminstration 0 12y
0 Macquarie Group - Real Estate 0 6y
+9 HireRight process 13 5y
0 HELP on choosing internship 5 12y
0 Uh giving 3 12y
0 Citi Superday - credit 4 12y
+11 Wall Street Combine ("Getting a Job on Wall Street without rich parents and an Ivy education") 14 12y
0 CLSA/BCA vs Bulge Bracket Research 2 6y
0 Getting a boutique/MM internship from a non-target? 0 6y
+18 Already too late to learn HFT programming? 5 6y
+8 Awkward Networking Question 11 12y
0 Headhunting: Difference between "Corporate Investment Banking" & "Investment Banking" 2 12y
0 Next Best Move: Real Estate to Finance 0 12y
0 What month are FT offers given for undergrad recruitment? 2 6y
+24 Reaching back out to old contacts 15 12y
0 Private Placements, Pension Fund Interview 3 6y
0 Is it acceptable to ask a campus recruiter for contacts? 4 12y
+25 Questions to people who actually do the HIRING 18 12y
0 Help me go to Canada 1 6y
0 Question about Background/Reference Check 6 5y
0 Humanities Major to Consulting 3 12y
+15 From RM to IB, Private Equity, or Hedge Fund 4 12y
+13 Is it harder to break into IB on the East and West Coasts due to stronger competition? 2 6y
+15 How common/expected is heavy drinking and drug use? 12 12y
+17 Credit Analyst Career Path 4 6y
0 Non target > Big 4> IBD 1 12y
0 Got a reply from JPM 10 6y
+29 Accept JPM Ops, or continue summer internship search? 16 6y
+3 Best Schools with the Worst Recruiting? 7 12y
0 What are your thoughts? Student seeking advice 4 6y
0 CME Group risk management or internal accounting at phase 2 pharmaceutical company? 0 12y
0 Email Follow Up Before Deadline (Help!) 2 12y
0 DC Advisory vs Big 4 Corporate Finance 4 6y
0 Excel Help! At a complete loss. 3 12y
0 Exit Opportunity 2 12y
+17 Does nobody in finance think of economics as anything but another business/finance major? 12 12y
0 Aussie Looking at London Trading Graduate Programs 1 6y
0 Advices needed - moving from boutiques to Wall St 0 12y
0 BATS Global Markets interview 1 12y
0 Eldorado Trading interview 2 10y
+20 Keep not being able to close the deal on 2nd rounds - interview advice? 2 6y
0 Internship opportunities for exchange students 1 6y
0 Need help comparing 3 opportunities 2 12y
0 Methods of investigating Fit, Culture, Opportunities, etc. at smaller companies 0 12y
+14 Aiming for NYC (from a non-target) 3 6y
+112 BNP Paribas Investment Banking 133 5y
0 Ugrad +1 MSF and LSE Summer? 1 6y
0 Prudential -- Private Equity Group 0 12y
+7 Follow up email after phone interview with head of department 4 6y
0 DC 0 12y
0 Big Four audit trainee seeking career advice 4 6y
0 Deutsche Bank vs Goldman Sachs 1 12y
+3 Looking for a direction... 3 11y
+5 BAML Superday 69 12y
0 Headhunter Posting Headline 0 12y
0 Business Minor? 2 12y
0 Phishing sceme -- think I'm good? 1 6y
0 Landing a compliance job in NYC 0 6y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald Superday 1 12y
0 IB Bulge Bracket Corporate Treasury Department Interview NEED HELP! 0 12y
0 Does a PhD minor degree in CS mean anything? 2 12y
0 Pre-Employment Screening 0 12y
0 Going to Florida for internship? 0 6y
0 So when someone asks you to send them a copy of your resume 4 12y
+22 All My Internship Leads Fell Through - Need Advice / Gameplan 7 6y
0 Long-distance networking- where to start? 11 6y
0 Where to start off at? Propshop vs Goldman Sachs? 1 12y
+22 Best Possible Job Out Of Undergrad 26 9y
0 Career opportunities: middle office of top investing bank vs. proprietary algorithmic trading 0 12y
+22 Best way to get into the tech/I.T. side of finance? - Specifically chicago? 9 6y
0 Big 4 FDD vs Audit 3 6y
0 S&P Ratings Lat Am Group, Sovereign Ratings Internship 7 12y
0 Thoughts on summer internship? 4 6y
0 Should finance interviews have technical aspects? 1 12y
0 GS Background Check Question (Experienced Hire) 6 8y
+8 Fin 14 12y
+10 Differences between senior and subordinate debt 9 12y
0 What internship offer should I take? 3 6y
0 How to Properly Evaluate Job Offer 0 12y
0 Elite Boutique to Buy Side? 1 12y
0 Summer Internships..What's still left?? 3 12y
+18 GS Finance Corporate Treasury Analyst/Associate Position 29 9y
0 How Long Should I Wait....... 5 12y
0 HR disappeared 6 12y
0 Five Weeks Off Between Jobs? 6 12y
+27 How should I start networking? 21 12y
0 Mathematics & physics considering career switch to finance. 11 12y
0 Taking a data analytics job (applicable to finance??) 0 6y
+4 Hi should I meet with bankers I have know for a long time face to face 2 12y
+4 Thank you ufo 3 12y
0 Confused about current Boutique IB internship 1 12y

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