At what age you got into Investment Banking?
Alright so let's put this into context: I'm 22 years old, i've graduated from a top 200 University, i had a couple of internships, one was with top 10 consultancy firm think (Grant Thornton - BDO...) it was an IB internship (modelling, valuations..) i had a 3+ GPA. I'm currently in the Middle East, i was thinking of doing an MFin to bring my gpa to 4 thinking that maybe it'll help me pass the first screening. To summarize i just want to put up a timeline to see the whole picture of getting into IB
If you have any advice or opinions i will be most thankful!
Conventional age of getting into IB is usually two ish ways
Analyst: usually right after undergrad 21-23
Or post MBA associate, this varies more but seems about 26-28
To clarify, 26-28 is usually when you recruit while in b-school. Actually starting full time you're 28-30.
Lol why even bother saying top 200
And yes, I agree with the poster above. Majority of people here got in at around 22ish or 26-27ish
Sorry for that, i should've put no name university lol that's what our fellow monkeys here are used to.
Thanks though for the info, appreciate it !
If I took online classes at University of Phoenix, do you think that qualified as top 1,000?
21 - Analyst
Thanks for the info!!
just want to highlight that ive recieved monkey shit for stating my age and my rank.
jealousy is well and alive on this forum and i hope the best for those bitter bitter people.
35 analyst
Wow thats unusual! how so though ?
Age really should not be considered at all. You will find 20 year olds in this industry who act like 40 year olds and 40 year olds who act like they are 20. Focus more on what type of people you want to work with and go for it. Your timeline should only be determined by what you want to do and what you are capable of achieving in that time-frame.
Good Luck!
You’re not doing yourself any favor using top XXX university and consultancy. At that level people have either heard of your university / consultancy and have an opinion about it (can be good or bad) or they haven’t and will seriously question your source for the top XXX ranking (and will then wonder what else about your self description is made up or exaggerated).
For example, calling your internship consultancy top 10 is quite a big stretch by the examples you gave. Typically you have MBB, ~4-5 tier 2 firms, and then the big 4 consulting arms.
The firms that you mentioned are not part of any of these groups
I think you misunderstood me, The MBB are strictly consulting, i'm talking about those that offer a wide range of services such as the big 4 and the rest. Here is a ranking list that includes the company that i worked for. http://www.upslide.net/blog/most-influential-accounting-firms-in-the-wo…
you could as well find it on forbes too. in what concerns the top 200 thing, it is on my university website so that is why i said it.
What i wanted from this post is that, i'm considering a masters, i believe that if i complete it i'll be 25 years old and if that is too old for an analyst position at IB.
The article you linked is titled "The 9 Most Influential Accounting Firms in the World". You should therefore probably say that you did an internship with an accounting firm rather than a consultancy.
But to answer your question: 25 years is nowhere near the age where you are considered too old for IB. Especially if you are joining in a region where Masters are more common (e.g. Central Europe), plenty of people are starting at around that age.
Got into a Laz/roths/PJT/EVR when 20 for a summer internship and joined as an analyst when 21
Chance me:
Top 3,700 university globally Generic major Mediocre grades Average personality 6 inch cock Treasurer of Finance Club Contributor to University Stock Picking Club Harvard Extension school course Nunchucks Skills Programming Languages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) CFA Level 1 Candidate
+1
You had me at 6 inches, but the nunchucks just take it to the next level.
Haha Thanks for making my day! you forgot the "Incoming Analyst"
24 - post MBA - associate
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