Curious to know if a non-MBA masters degree in business (finance, accounting, etc) would command a slightly higher salary than just a BA...
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For back office it does. I know some people who were able to start as Associates in Operations/IT because of the masters degree earning 80k base first year rather than the traditional 60-70k. Never works for banking though so don't even try.
My friend asked about it once for IBD during 2nd rounds and the interviewer was like "are you crazy? no way" and chuckled. However the interviewer prob was annoyed by the stupid question since my friend got dinged shortly afterwards. We made him fun of him for a whole semester afterwards. He's currently working at IBM consulting.
how piper jaffrayish of him... does it hurt to try with less desirable offers and then use it as leverage?
This has been discussed ad nauseum.
Unless you have an MBA, we don't care in IB. Not even third tier firms will pay you more for some random ass masters.
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I think all the jobs listed there aren't for IBD...just quant trading and stuff
Feel like an extra degree warrants maybe 10k...but watevs
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