Highest Ranked Comments In The Last Year

+1 Seems they're constantly trying to fill acquisitions role, not a good sign, and their capital base seems flighty. Principal in RE - Comm
+1 Super lame cliche, but: be curious, ask questions and dig in.  It's easier to do this as a junior person who's not expected to know much. asmith_1
+1 OP, I’ve been on WSO longer than you’ve been alive  CRE
+1 I'd say market-level carry. Again, for me, the benefit in retrospect was having a much higher probability of promotion from associate to partner throughout. OhhThatsGood
+1 Did you skip the game theory lecture of Econ 101? liquidiot
+1 Figure out generally what you want to do asap - you don’t really have all that much time in IB to figure it out and doing the job of IB wont help you figure out what you want to do at all. Associate 3 in PE - LBOs
+1 hot take - you should have no assistant, you must control your schedule.  thebrofessor
+1 which groups have ppl heard back from after the spd? eight111
+1 How is it one of the better ways to start a lucrative career path? Many aren't even able to exit after the first year or two and get stuck. arossi11637
+1 I have met the influencer / social media / instagramer Mordechai Weiss in person at Shabbat services Friday night in the UES (Chabad YP at KJ) like a year or two ago. We shook hands and said hello briefly. Hags28
+1 Yale is a better brand name - it has more "cache". I'm sure there are more unique opportunities at Yale, although at both schools every opportunity is open. [email protected]
+1 How serious is the digital activity monitoring?  intruiged_chimp
+1 If you want to work in PE, then start reading stuff now. When the firms are ready to hire you, they will call. That’s basically a truism but more or less how I have seen things work in this industry.  Hags28
+1 Bump big chu
+1 . gfffffff
+1 some of the really old (for this site) posts are amazing Pierogi Equities
+1 Harvard and Oxford are the two strongest university brands in the world. They have the most name recognition and prestige. You're welcome. VP in VC
+1 Gods'favour gagagagavabanau
+1 In my humble opinion, it gets more chill as you get up for a variety of factors (and as others have stated gets more stressful in different ways) How it gets more chilled: Hags28
+1 Bump Intern in IB - Cov
+1 Also maybe it was just me but it looked like RC hated being on CNBC and was only there due to like court order or his lawyers / bankers or whoever telling him he needed to. Hags28
+1 it has nothing to do with the religion, if anything it's the edison area environment both this guy and the PJT kid grew up in. so cutthroat, promotes cheating, stepping on others, etc. Intern in IB - Restr
+1 Depends. Greentech (GII) has amazing deal flow per capita. A different beast vs the broader Nomura but Greentech is SWEATY. Associate 1 in IB-M&A
+1 You will get some statistics (think basic, obvious stuff) and your job is to just summarize them by making ratios or other stats (think common sense). No clear links to finance in content. Quant in HF - EquityHedge
+1 The fact that you are asking this question kinda says you aren’t so super crazy committed to public long term. If you really wanted to do public’s so badly and have a public offer I figure you would take that. Hags28
+1 People in this thread do not understand how easy it is to recruit for IB from Middlebury, they have ridiculous placements and are the most prestigious school on this list in the northeast/NY (source: went to arguably best tappedintonothing
+1 People in this thread do not understand how easy it is to recruit for IB from Middlebury, they have ridiculous placements and are the most prestigious school on this list in the northeast/NY (source: went to arguably best tappedintonothing
+1 IND isn’t awful and def pretty decent with creds for left lead financings (not so much M&A). Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+1 Would still say exits are much more defined and established. Still opportunity to get into MF PC. I just haven’t seen any exits from RXCO. rolo25
+1 Not really, Big 4 RX is VERY different from RX at a dedicated RX shop like FTI, Alix, A&M. The latter is valued by buy side shops and even RX IB. The former is not  Associate 1 in Consulting
+1 You do not need to stand out or be crazy great, you just have to be good enough and get a return. asi123
+1 You could get an IBD OC, but languages will play a key part in that unless you have good experiences to back it up.  Did you not apply for any summers?  Prospect in IB - Gen
+1 2500? East Village?  I want to know what kind of drugs you're on because they are clearly awesome. Whatever1984
+1 Little more complicated than that. Don’t wanna share too many details for anonymity reasons but was at the tail-end of the analyst stint fs. Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+1 Bump triplewhiple
+1 Did the exact same thing. Just say you are a sophmore, they have zero way of knowning nor do they even care. None of the bankers care enough to ask and HR only cares that you are a student.  Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+1 What punishment is implemented if they quit? Managing Director in IB-M&A
+1 Arguably the strongest group at JEF, having surpassed the Energy group to become the firm’s largest fee generator SMU Final Boss
+1 Pizz reporting  Pizz
+1 You want a warm, kind, stable and sweet woman who is also in a high octane career. And presumably, attractive. Get in line? Also, I presume that you expect her to still prioritize her time with you. 1AB
+1 Chinese people specifically (not other east asians) are always happy to sell other chinese people out. No comment on other ethnicities. 1AB
+1 Gotta slack a bit or make up some excuses lol. I was a proper middle bucket analyst purposely and placed at a MF. Being too good comes at a cost. Milk you dry stephen4056
+1 Congrats on ubs!  Intern in IB - Gen
+1 Wait till Daddy Sergio finds this out, and slashes the bank by another 50% Associate 2 in IB - Cov
+1 Both firms can get you with the end goal, chose the firm you like the most in terms of culture / people you mesh with.  Business School in CorpStrat
+1 The core component that people are missing about this is that hiring is a key metric indicator on the institutional capital raising decision making side. ioncewenttoschool
+1 Congrats on Ducera! Whopper.Jr
+1 161 Associate 1 in IB-M&A
+1 Multifamily is wildly overpriced. ioncewenttoschool
+1 Brother. Have not heard about some of these banks + you're missing some huge ones. Associate 1 in PE - Other
+1 "I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers” that’s the top-down model created by Rockefeller. Associate 1 in IB-M&A
+1 JS rolo25
+1 Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+1 I would argue that it is actually significantly higher than most people on this website believe. ioncewenttoschool
+1 As others said techinical skills are important for breaking into any job, but being interesting and engaging to be around is important as well. Sup_Bro23
+1 Sharp group. Extremely bullish on SF multifamily.  austerechart
+1 I d definitely be open about it and why you re picking one over the other - dont think people would take that as burning bridges - but if you dont proactively mention it to people that sponsored you in the process thats wh Manager in CorpStrat
+1 Would say that joining IB is the "easiest" through internships - in Europe even if you missed summers you could still go into off cycles - although it is difficult unless you re still in uni - but i have seen people join s Manager in CorpStrat
+1 Same boat and I've found it pretty tough. 1) You're competing against people who did 2-5 years of IB/PE and then have a few years of startup experience. This is a more attractive profile on paper. VP in PE - LBOs
+1 5 year vest and then payout based on fund performance (relative to benchmark hurdle)...some pensions might do 3 years but I think it's typically 5.  Associate 1 in PE - LBOs
+1 my SMID fund placed much greater emphasis on mgt team facetime and would literally push for hundreds of meetings w mgt per quarter across the team with high turnover of not just shorts as youd expect but longs as well. Factor
+1 Late to this. But reading the answers, the regrets cluster on two things: not networking earlier, and not picking the harder-to-repeat path (engineering, CM, structural). stephengeluz
+1 Yeah suddenly statistics don't matter and logic goes out the window. I've yet to understand how this case with a male victim (if true) invalidates the many more women who got sexually harassed.  1AB
+1 really good summarize but believe you miss Italy. My two cents: long hours and lowest internship pay, bad culture and can be discriminating if you are girl or if you are non-Europeans Intern in CorpFin
+1 bumping for Deutsche Bank NYC Intern in IB - Cov
+1 bankbankzzzLazard? Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+1 It’s a no regardless of your position, but it’s no big deal. You’ll be fine. concavesphere
+1 i still think all of this is because of that fuck ass "bull or bear" commercial from the end of 2021 Analyst 1 in HF - EquityHedge
+1 Does anyone have any info on who the rainmakers are in the group? Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+1 unfortunately, I found the move from large-cap to SMID less natural than expected. Factor
+1 It’s a no but agree not a huge deal no one will care that much or even likely notice Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+1 What does sponsors day to day look like?  Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+1 I was at Bocconi as a exchange student and shared a flat with an Italian BB intern. He (no joking) came home like 2-3 every night. I would say 2 was on the early side. Associate 2 in PE - Other
+1 I was at a firm that had a “good” culture and this was still the norm. Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+1 Yeah you are right, it is chill and REB is one of the more chill CRE groups. Didn't know if you were referencing the new associate PM position or not.  Associate 2 in RE - Comm
+1 Well, I am in the same boat. Not sure what to do but keep applying for sure s3aport
+1 I left in the past year so may have change but FT Partners SF:  blehblehbleh_1
+1 Climb ladder or go to smaller place to run IR is what I’ve seen most often. Or more rare but lateral into something else in the company stephen4056
+1 I don't believe you got a job in IB being this dumb.  DTOWN34
+1 It's not the work. Let's just say cultural differences and it happens that her report shares the same culture.  Associate 2 in RE - Comm
+1 I found out that my grandfather had the potential to be the richest man ($50B+) in his home city (NYC, Monaco, Hong Kong). Fred Fredburger
+1 All those words and you didn't say if you were 21 or not? Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎
+1 How was the case study and what kind of things did they ask? Just wanna know how I should prepare for it  AceFlipper
+1 Citi? Justaslappymonkey
+1 Nobody in Budapest is running an M&A deal or doing remotely the same work as NY. This sounds like graphics team or whatever GS had in SLC where it was a support function  high hopes
+1 Summer 2027 recruiting is mostly wrapped up for BB/EB SA positions. With that said, there should still be opportunities at MMs. mossfarmer
+1 Yes man, do your best to keep it simple. Modest collar, uniform color, standard fabrics, etc. You can also have the monograms unstitched from your other shirts. Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+1 I lived in the loop during my analyst years (was very easy and convenient for walking to work). I had a 1b1b with good views and a high floor, in unit washer dryer, but building had no real amenities like pool, gym, etc. Associate 1 in PE - LBOs
+1 Some people on here are incapable of recognizing humor johnnypython
+1 Looking for teams that also do music, pharma, and litigation royalty securitization as well as IP rights. Would prefer to know teams who focus on this vertical exclusively (not infra,aviation etc)  Intern in IB - Cov
+1 in france essec is better than escp in reputation, but it makes no damn difference in S&T.at escp MiM, you have a finance track but is not amazing, it covers basics.   Victorgrad123
+1 could be, it is completely different for every group. There is zero specific answer, you just might mesh well with some people and not so much with others. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+1 Stern or IU? Associate Director in IB-M&A
+1 People are tired man, the job slowly sucks the life out of you. Being friendly and a team player isn't rewarded, a lot of those people get pushed out. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+1 GS used to have actual junior M&A bankers in SLC (not pres or data resources) at the end of Blankfein’s and beginning of Solomon’s leadership 2015-2019. They paid those kids trash too. Works at Goldman Sachs
+1 Agreed. Wish we could get rid of videos on zoom calls. Totally unnecessary.  Principal in PE - LBOs
+1 Everyone gets Solve Intern in Consulting
+1 Just reneg. Fuck them. You won't care about their grievances 6 months from now. BuySideIntern
+1 No one is taking Tidal over BofA, Citi, Barc lmao nice try Intern in IB - Gen
+1 Would echo the above comment unless you are in a top club at stern you are not going to place well probably have a better shot actually networking with good grades at UVA will also enjoy college more. Prospect in IB-M&A