How to prepare for the upcoming summer

Intern in IB-M&A

Anonymous

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Context: was an MBA Summer Associate at a smaller EB (e.g., PWP, Greenhill) so can give my 2 cents:

1) Attitude - this will trump almost everything else. If you come in with a hard-working and humble outlook then a lot of the people that work with you will ultimately be rooting for you over the course of your internship

2) Coachability - can you take feedback and then implement it? Obviously this is tough over an 8-10 week internship but demonstrating receptiveness to feedback will go a long way

3) Technical acumen - you don't have to know everything (and no one certainly expects you to), but you do need to have some baseline with Excel and PowerPoint. To that end, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR WORK (something I'm still working on myself). Little mistakes from carelessness bother people more than anything else. If you're not comfortable with either platform, this will probably yield some of the biggest ROIs for summer prep

4) Keep up to date on the markets - it's always good to have an opinion on things

5) RELAX - your summer will be an 8-10 week sprint. Make sure you recharge your batteries and have a few hobbies outside of work. At the end of the day, you're working with people for 12-15 (sometimes more) hours a day and they'll want someone they can shoot the breeze with

DOH

Monkey

Thank you, that's very helpful!!

Analyst 1 in S&T - Equities

Anonymous

Incoming MBA associate this summer...I feel pretty comfortable with excel as I have used it in different contexts extensively, but need some work in PPT. Do you know of any good resources?

pleasegivemeadayoff

Baboon

The wallstreetprep excel course is pretty good and I believe It’s only like $49 or something like that. Worth it imo

Remi Astronomo

Intern in IB-M&A

Anonymous

On top of what the other person said: PPT is just a method to tell a story. Putting together a ppt that follows a logical path is what matters most.

My other advice would be:

-ask for examples from other decks. By and large, you’re not going to be asked to create anything new

-learn auto align

-make sure font and sizing is correct across everything

-make sure slides don’t “dance” from one to the other

loanboy043

Neanderthal

I have a few options of stuff to prep for summer depending on how deep you wanna dig in

Authored by: Certified Investment Banking Professional - 3rd+ Year AssociateCertified Investment Banking Pro

DOH

Monkey

Would love to hear your insight, got plenty of time (the entire semester) to prep for the summer

loanboy043

Neanderthal

my wheelhouse is helping others build a leveraged finance / loan capital markets skillset. So I have a ton of self-study projects and materials you can work. Those skills may be complimentary to your actual role, and some may overlap a bit. happy to discuss if you are serious.

Authored by: Certified Investment Banking Professional - 3rd+ Year AssociateCertified Investment Banking Pro

Orlandix

Chimp

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