These are some of the many reasons I wanted to pursue CB as opposed to other paths. Do you have any tips for someone about to be a SA?

 
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I would say knowing how to finesse ppt and excel is great. You need to be able to read and interpret what's going on in a model on the job and you'll also be doing random ad-hoc database management tasks a lot so knowing how to build formulas and going through/organizing data is a big plus. It's hard for me to say because I did several years of commercial banking before corporate banking, so I kind of knew the components of a credit agreement, term sheet, etc. well ahead of starting as a corporate banking analyst - but that isn't stuff you can prepare for/learn before the job starts so don't waste your time trying. 

 

Resources? Sure, how about leave corporate banking since it's a pigeon job. Get into PE or IB or S&T. 

 

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