In the US, you can major in anything ( bonus points for quantitative majors) and still break into IB. But I've read post in WSO that Canadian recruiting is finance majors centric. Am I at a huge disadvantage for IB recruiting in Canada?
( I don't get because usually engineering students are more capable than commerce students)
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get off your high horse
Alright fair enough, this was my observation in my school. Sorry if I sounded arrogant. There are certainly extremely smart people in every field.
Lol bruh check ur grammar bud
"But I've read posts in WSO that Canadian recruiting is finance majors centric."
It still has not changed...
Not sure where you got that impression from, but there are several engineers in banking in Canada. There's actually a big push to hire more non-traditional candidates. But if you drop anything like 'I'm more capable than your typical commerce student', you won't make it past the HR screening round (even if the comment is true).
You are at a huge disadvantage because of that attitude.
there's quite a few Canadian banks that will target STEM majors/engineers. It's not uncommon for engineers to break into IB/finance at all.
However, they look for different things. the STEM/Eng recruiters are looking for fit. They know you're technically capable, but if you're a weird Eng kid who can't hold a conversation with a wall, you're toast. Prep those behavioural questions, they give you much more leeway if you fuck up on technicals, cause your background is different. However you can't fake EQ
check LinkedIn for mcgill engineering IB. You have no excuses so start with improving your grammar if you wanna get in
Some break into goldman...
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