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3,000 applicants from where only 100 are really qualified

90 min. final interview and case = 70% of those 100 fail, and you have 30 people that are really made for it. 

incentives trumph ethics
 

This is a grad job so most decent applicants need to have a string of good internships (preferably at a solid IBD firm) beforehand to even be considered. 

I'd wager 95% of those applicants don't have that. 

 

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