Given the apparently stiff competition among BB/EB bankers with knowledge of second European languages for MF & MM places, I am curious to know if CFA might perhaps conceivably/possibly maybe offer even a slight or marginal competitive advantage as a tie breaker in the stiff competition under certain a few select circumstances
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Better to learn a new language than waste time on the CFA.
Even if it was, would you spend 900 hours studying to gain a "marginal competitive advantage?"
Better to spend those 900 hours networking with every PE firm in the city
I had the impression that networking doesn't give interviews in UK finance. Is PE uniquely different in this regard?
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Networking doesn’t help. AFAIK all recruiting is done through HH
Be well ranked - that’s probably the most important thing and then don’t fuck up case studies/modeling tests/interviews. These are really the few things that you have control over.
What does that mean exactly?
top bucket in your class...
Okay..... could you give an short overview of factors considered in these rankings (I'm relatively new to finance)? Considering that analysts are not rainmakers
Ability to use resources at your disposal is usually quite important (eg search functions on online forums where certain topics have been clubbed to death)
Sucking up to ppl and be acceptable in what you do (avoid typos, big mistakes in your analysis)
what if I'm a power bottom? can I still get top bucket?
Sorry to ask but I don't understand how is it gonna help in the sense that HHs / funds won't ask your staffer / team about your ranking right? How could they know it?
They will cross reference with ex-members of your team.
You will never know a language as good as a native that’s how I see it, so upskill yourself other than by learning a language and no not the CFA
Getting enough sleep and prioritising your health is the edge.
Found the WSO wellbeing guru
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True story: I found fucking a headhunter to be quite helpful. They’re all hot blonde chicks anyway so wasn’t exactly a chore
Pls send name of firm and profile for 'sloppy seconds'.
Bro more like sloppy tenths, she was the pussy equivalent of Cerved. Asset that has been traded from sponsor to sponsor available to the general public for brief periods
Nop. Nop. Nop
As a recruiting pan-EU MM senior team member: I will value the grit (have it myself) in the most junior profiles (e.g. analyst). Anything SA/VP up I don't give two shits, there is no edge. In my own discussions at various levels also did not experience an edge.
Confirmed nope.
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