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+6 Asking to grab drinks for networking 2 3h
+3 Akuna Capital Math Test 3 9h
+9 No Clue What To Ask At The End Of An Interview? Here Are 2 Types Of Thoughtful Questions That Will Impress Your Interviewer. 1 9h
+4 Is this the ideal pathway in life? 3 9h
+15 French vs German for IB in the EU 9 18h
+6 Please Criticize My Cold Email Template 4 19h
+2 Should I double major in economics and cognitive science with a focus on behavioral economics, or just do a economics-statistics program? 3 1d
+3 am i cooked? 11 1d
+15 Value of a math minor? 5 1d
0 Advice for graduate student to land 2025 IB SA 1 1d
+9 Am I wasting an opportunity to leave IB too early? 1 1d
+7 Offer pick - Greenhill or Nomura GT 6 1d
+9 No specific job details even though internship starts in 3 weeks 1 1d
+31 JP Morgan Global Finance & Business Management Intern vs Goldman Ops 20 2d
+45 JP Morgan Global Finance and Business Management Program Internship 42 2d
+12 Internship Interviews Are 10x Less Stressful When You Already Know The Questions You’ll Be Asked. Here Are 2 Ways To Get The Questions Ahead Of Time. 1 2d
+27 IBD: How to move to asia without speaking language? 9 2d
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+13 Best career to maximise cash earnings in the first 10-15 years? 13 2d
+2 GPA Dropoff Post SA Recruiting 4 2d
+7 Life Choices 5 2d
+9 Seeking Advice, International Student Recruiting Dilemma 4 3d
+20 Dream Job vs Dream Location 15 3d
0 Credit Analyst at Small Regional bank or Big 4 Audit 1 3d
+15 GPA Non-Target 6 3d
0 Advice Needed 1 3d
+7 Funniest Networking Stories 1 3d
0 Best cities to work in for private banking? 1 3d
0 Do banks ask for Official or Unofficial Transcripts during Background Checks? 5 3d
+10 Investor Relations Lateral Opportunities 1 3d
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+204 Ideal College/Recruiting Timeline 40 4d
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+25 What are my options? 13 4d
0 TAP Advisors SA 2025 2 4d
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+21 questions from South Korea 5 5d
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+13 Plz help - losing motivation before SA internship 5 5d
+8 Summer 2025 Sophomore Summer Analyst 11 5d
0 Corporate banking? 0 5d
+8 Interning for no money?? 5 5d
+4 3.75 GPA with 2 Internships 3 5d
+6 Those who lost the H1B lottery and only had 1 chance left, what did you do to during the year in between? 3 6d
+17 IB junior recruiting advice - American firms 7 6d
+8 UBS SF vs GHL SF 5 6d
0 How do you expect recruiting to change with the growth of specialized masters programs in the US 1 1w
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0 GS Emerging Leaders Series 3 1w
+9 How much money will I earn in the best case? 1 1w
+1 How Specific Do You Have To Be To Headhunters? 7 1w
+9 Lev Lending Role - would you take this role given my situation and hestiations? 2 1w
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0 Walls Fargo corporate banking 2 1w
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+13 Confused Non Target Looking for Direction 2 1w
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+19 NYC Consumer PE/Growth Funds with decent comp but amazing WLB? 7 1w
0 JPM Markets Summer Analyst vs Bridgewater Investment Associate 1 1w
+5 RBC vs Citi? 8 1w
+12 Finance career in Emerging Markets 11 1w
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+3 Putting Insght events as Experience 9 1w
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+24 Low GPA at a Target - How screwed am I? 20 1w
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+6 Rejected after MD referral: is this normal? S&T 4 1w
0 When to start networking and how to get in diversity programs??? 1 1w
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+11 interview follow up typo 10 1w
+14 How much rejection is normal in the lateral process? 17 1w
0 Thoughts? - recruiting 1 1w
+10 Should I try for IB career? 3 1w
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+13 (UK) Too late to pursue finance and make it? 19 years old, not a lot of momentum in life. 7 1w
0 I NEED HELP 3 1w
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+83 2024 SA - Visa Sponsorship - US Investment Banking 76 1w
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