For non econ/finance majors - How Much Time Did It Take Until You Nailed IB Interviews?
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For non econ/finance majors - How Much Time Did It Take Until You Nailed IB Interviews?
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For non econ/finance majors - How Much Time Did It Take Until You Nailed IB Interviews?
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I'd say about 2 weeks during the summer holidays was enough preparation for me to perform well in the technical interviews.
Econ did nothing to prepare me
I'm an engineer who SUCKED at interviewing until I got my story and technicals down. Had a solid GPA and good sophomore internship, but didn't have the social acumen (yet) to do the kind of networking necessary to get BB interviews. (Also never did diversity recruiting or women's focused programs at any time).
Got interviews from lots of EBs though through their standard recruiting process. I had my technicals down-pat throughout recruiting, which I think EBs care more about, but it was the story and behavioral part for me that needed the most work.
I sat down with friends until I had my story perfectly set and knew why I wanted to work in IB. They really drilled the exact things I needed to know to interview well and win my interviewers personally.
It took me a solid 3 super days before I got it really, really down. I would say this covered approximately 3-4 weeks, in addition to ~2 months of interview prep with friends.
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Good luck with interviews!
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