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Massive interview tomorrow afternoon - advice?
I have a huge interview tomorrow. I really want this job and it's fairly clear they want me too. This would be 5th interview and I spent today being helped by one of the interviewers in my prep. Its a trading role at Goldman. My background is in law, but I've done a ton of compliance work. It's...
The Greatest Font Ever
This is easily the nicest resume font I've ever seen. WHAT IS IT???
IB Interview: Best Response to "What is Your Greatest Strength?"
I'll be taking a non-traditional route to banking (graduated a large state, non-target school, have previous professional experience in public accounting, only way ill be getting in is via networking). Before I interview, I like to have a general idea of what my response will be to certain questions...
Rambling in interviews
I turn into an awkward rambling mess when getting interviewed. So far, I've only tried phone interviews, though, so I'm not sure if this is a phone-only thing or if it's directly caused by stress. How do I get better at this? Do I practice talking with people on the phone and/or in person about...
I'm A Former Trader Who Now Owns A Food Truck: Ask Me Anything
The following is an interview I conducted with Tyrone Greene, with whom I started chatting when I visited his food truck, The Dark Side of the Moo. He's a former trader of precious metals who has made the leap to leave Wall Street and work for himself, and I think his story will be of tremendous...
Webinar Rewind - Mastering the Banking Technical Interview
In case you missed the recent webinar on Investment Banking Technical Interviews, have no fear - the full recording of the webinar can be found below. And, as always, if you want to sign up to hear about upcoming webinars before they happen, sign up below:
No Offer, But Keep In Touch
When someone interviews you and you don't get an offer, does it actually mean something when they say something along the lines of keep in touch, we'll revisit this idea next year, we're here for you for career or educational consultations, mock interviews, etc? Or is that just something nice they...
20 Company Interviews Later...No FT Offer looking for Advice
I need some advice. I'm a recent graduate from a nontarget looking for FT roles. About me: sub 3.5 overall GPA, Over 3.5 finance GPA. Was in school's honors program for finance majors. Did some IM work. Received school's highest honors for finance majors. FO IB experience at top MM bank in strongest...
Do hiring managers or recruiters care whether or not an applicant follows their company LinkedIn?
Help please.
Could it really just be "bad luck"?
Update: Thanks everyone for all the suggestions, I really appreciate it!
Strange...tons of interviews and no job yet...
So I've delayed grad school for a year due to some unforeseen reason and I decided I wanted to move on from my current job. So by my count, in the last 3 months, I've had 6 interviews, but no job as of yet. It's weird, because I'm pretty experienced and generally I interviewed well (or thought that...
Mid/Jr Level Hedge Fund interview, what's Taboo?
Hi guys, I've got a couple interviews coming up at some Hedge Funds for mid-level stuff (I'm 5 years in, most Jr portfolio manager type of roles). Some are at smaller (50-300mm) funds, some are at larger (1bn+) funds. Obviously I want to pass the interviews, but I also want to learn more about some...
What would you ask the most successful people in your industry?
Hello Monkeys, As a side project I'm going to be putting together a quick report where i'm interviewing successful people in my sector (materials and energy). I'm going to stick to young, serially successful investors/managers. What kind of questions would you ask? I'll ask basic questions, but I...
BlackRock Client Businesses 1st round. Help!!
Has anyone ever interviewed for BlackRock Client Businesses? I have one coming up and would appreciate if someone can let me know what to expect. I can't imagine it being technicals-heavy but I could be wrong. What should I prepare for?
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Final round with exclusively the most senior bankers. Any advice?
Hello everyone, I'm sorry to seem like that guy who just made a new username to ask a question. Long time lurker but never posted... I'd like to start contributing to the community here at WSO . Good to meet you all! Anyways, I do have a question I was hoping readers could chime in on. I have a...
Interview & New Partnership with Jared Dillian, Author of Street Freak
WSO is happy to announce a new partnership with Jared Dillian, former head ETF trader at Lehman, author of Street Freak and The Daily Dirtnap . WSO readers qualify for a $100 discount from Jared's daily market newsletter ...just email [email protected] and mention "WSO Monkey Discount." You can...
Is it bad to say that I want to work at firm X because I want to work at a larger firm?
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What are the most annoying interview quesitons you've been asked?
Recruiting season is basically in full swing/dwindling as superdays are approaching for many. What are some of the most vexatious WTF questions you have been asked thus far? From my recruiting days, here are some of mine (the ones that made me want to punch my interviewer in the face kinds of...
Good networking = how many firms will interview you?
Hi guys! Junior here (semi-target). Have been networking since past year focusing on building relationship. Just checking in with other monkeys, where they at or where they were once. If you network well, how many firms do you get interviews with? (How many BBs / MMs /EBs?) I know it's kinda...
Q&A with Nefarious - a Strategy Associate at a Fortune 500 Company - (Part One)
Afternoon, monkeys. I've got the first of a two part interview for you today with Certified User Nefarious. Nefarious works in Strategy at a major Fortune 500 Aerospace & Defense company . While I know many of your are focused on banking and private equity , I think everyone can benefit from hearing...
Be careful when negotiating offers!
I want to caution all you monkeys about negotiating when receiving an offer. While if executed correctly it can add more salary, more vacation, or a signing bonus to the pay package, it could also get the offer rescinded in the blink of an eye. This is my experience of having an offer rescinded a...
Ugly Women Land More Interviews
mod (Andy) note: "Blast from the past - Best of Eddie" - This one is originally from December 2010. If there's an old post from Eddie you'd like to see up again shoot me a message. I have a feeling this is going to spark some controversy, but a new study conducted by Ben Gurion University shows that...
do you do interviews even though you may not be interested?
If you shotgunned your resume and you get an interview, but not sure about the position, do you go with the interview or should I decline the request? I'm currently looking for a job but I'm not sure if I even want the position on second thought
Isn't FT recruiting all but over at this point?
From my experiences, what I've heard from others and some of the questions posted I'm getting the sense that almost every firm has other finished FT hiring or are in the final superday process.
Your competition's not as tough as you think
Every year around this time, some young monkeys hop on the forums and start moaning about how bad this year is for recruiting. You guys think it's bad? You ain't seen bad unless you've seen 2001, 2008, or 2009. But nevertheless, your auntie has good news. I recruited all last week, and let me tell...
Headhunters - Signing contracts
As an analyst, do you typically sign some type of contract with headhunters before working with them? If you end up getting the offer and accepting it, how do they get compensated? Thanks.
Haymakers For Hope - Financiers Fight for a Noble Cause
Mod note: Click here to see all of our q&a's and interviews For all the talk of private equity and hedge funds as exit opps here on WSO, one interesting route that often goes overlooked is the non-profit path. Too often non-profit and charitable work gets lumped into one of two camps: Something for...
Investment Banking Written Tests
Hey so I've heard for full time recruiting, particularly for analyst positions at middle market banks, its not uncommon to have a written assessment or finance/accounting test. How difficult are these and how much preparation would you suggest (just reviewing intro to accounting, basic valuation, or...
Capital Markets / Mezzanine Groups
All, Thank you in advance.
To absolutely kill technical interviews
So I'm prepping for ft ib internships coming in the falls. So far, I've read and I'm planning to skim again the WSO guides, 400Qs guide from M&I, and Vault. I also have Investment Banking Valuation, LBO , M&A by Joshua Rosenbaum et al., which I have not started reading yet. First of all: do I have...
Powerful Nonverbal Communication
Do you tell people that you are powerful...or do you show them? The most important communication you make each day doesn't depend on what you say as much as it how you appear when you say it. Even the brightest minds can fail to reach success if they have horrible nonverbal communication. Unless...
What the hell does this mean???
Hi everyone,
why being asked for more interviews?
hi there,
What are my chances - MD stopped by
Hi everyone, I have been going through interviews for a job at one of the top IBs , first round had a telephone interview with a vp, then went on site and met 2 more VPs which went well, following that went back and met with 8 people from the department one being the hiring manager who happens to be...
JP Morgan Private Banking vs Wells Fargo IBD Summer Internship
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My friend's tech start up could help a LOAD of you perfect your interview skillz
A really close buddy of mine and former colleague made a start up that helps people sharpen their interview skills and sent me a demo account for it. And, although I find no use for it now since I have a job, it's pretty damn cool enough that I'm sure it would help the majority of the folks on this...
How to answer interview question about bonus cuts?
From today's Bloomberg, it was announced that Citi cut its IBD bonus by 20% (can't post link cauz I'm a new user). I was wondering, for SA interviews, what's the appropriate response if they ask me about it? e.g. "Bonuses are cut, why do you still want to be in this industry"?
help me rank these firms hf pe ibd
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Screwed, without a job and nothing on the horizon
These past few months have been terrible. I got laid off. I did tremendously well in two interviews, had the manager tell me I effectively have it during the interview and then I find out, that due to budget issues, they cant hire me. This firm is pretty reputable in New York and now they have...
Advanced LBO and M&A For FT Superday?
For those of you that have gone through Superdays for FT IBD ( BB or elite boutique) after having banking/finance-related internships, were you ever asked advanced M&A and LBO questions similar to the ones found in the BIWS guide? Also how familiar do you have to be with LBO modeling? Thanks in...
Using Paper For Hard Technicals
Is it acceptable to use paper to figure out some of the harder technicals during an interview or is this generally frowned upon? I know that for me, it is easier to diagram the flow of a transaction through the statements on paper before explaining.
Potential Market/Economic questions for S&T recruiting 2013
Hey all, I was wondering about the big market questions you could get asked this season in recruiting and see if we could list the major ones off here. I'll start with a couple Thoughts on the Eurozone/What caused it/General Direction of the Eurozone in the future. Greece may be emphasized in...
With interviews starting soon- at what schools do they matter and where don't they matter?
Harvard first round invites go out in a week. I've always heard that Stanford GSB interviews don't really matter (as long as you aren't stupid and don't mess them up) whereas at Harvard they are critical component of weather or not you are admitted. Any ideas on the other schools?
Some Thoughts on Interviews
A few weeks ago, my father set up a meeting for me with his bosses boss. This guy basically runs wealth. This guy was brought out of retirement, in his mid-50's, to help a friend of his rebuild the WM division at the BB where my old man works. After a few minutes with him, he basically flat out said...
Racism at Banks
I was recently interviewing for an entry level analyst position through on-campus recruiting and felt like couple firms were profiling due to my race. As i digged a little deeper, i realized that some of the boutiques ( Greenhill , GCA Savvian , Evercore , and Moelis ) hardly had any blacks, indians...
How To Be Memorable at a Networking Event
I'll bet you have a cute little folder with your school's name embossed on it, filled with copies of your resume and some business cards you collected from a few information sessions that never yielded any fruit. I'll also bet you've got a nice Men's Warehouse suit picked out with some conservative...
Interviewing during hiring freeze!!!
Hi everyone,
Graduating a Year Early
I'm a rising junior at a non-target, big ten school, majoring in finance. I have the credits to graduate this May. Will graduating a year early be an advantage or disadvantage? I studied abroad this past semester in Australia, which made it impossible for me to get an internship since we ended in...
The Second Time Around
I have a phone interview on Monday. I’m kind of, maybe, hesitant, but it’s a good (enough) opportunity and I want to get it. My work experience has been pretty alright so far, but I’m not really happy and my current job isn’t all that I expected it to be. I’ve learned A LOT, basically got...
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