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+10 Top WF Groups IB 5 17h
+10 What’s Harder? Residency (for Doctors) or IB Analyst Stint at BB/EB? IB 6 4d
+10 Cornell (Econ) Vs Western Ivey BSCH 2 5d
+10 Am I jumping to the buyside too early? PE 5 4d
+10 Just got RO from top BB (GS/MS/JPM) -- Here's some KEY advice MEME 1 1w
+10 Private Credit Portfolio Management → Front Office Investing? CR 2 1w
+10 Do you send Thank You notes after an interview? PE 16 4d
+10 does gpa matter after 2 yrs ib? IB 10 5d
+10 Thoughts on Texas Capital IB 2026? IB 3 6d
+10 MSc advice for fixed income / macro HF path HF 4 3d
+10 Never took SAT – Important for PE recruiting? IB 16 1w
+10 Cold walking in to firms to drop off CV and intro myself.. Good idea or not? JOB 2 2w
+10 Keep recruiting or reset with a UK masters? IB 6 2w
+10 Q&A | Investment Banking Analyst, UBS | 2 years in investment banking IB 1 2w
+10 Possible to break into banking as a jobless 26 year-old? IB 7 2w
+10 Compute as an asset class TR 5 2w
+10 Difference between Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. INV 2 3w
+10 I need a fake boyfriend to get my parents off my back. Any closeted gays interested? OFF 5 4d
+10 2026 Indiana University Club Rankings BSCH 3 3w
+10 alixpartners / Capital one BA CO 6 3w
+10 PE Associate Recruiting from a PE Analyst Program PE 3 3w
+10 How To ReRecruit for Top Firms IB 7 18h
+10 Need help dealing with stress / when to know if job isn't right for me IB 1 3w
+10 Is starting full time earlier worth it? IB 8 3w
+10 Breaking into Asset Management from Investment Banking AM 4 3w
+10 BofA Palo Alto Tech M&A Thoughts IB 13 1mo
+10 BofA investment banking slips IB 4 4w
+10 Does this sound too desperate? IB 6 4w
+10 UBS Offer IB 11 3w
+10 Moving from NYC IB to London IB 3 3w
+10 How are traders on credit desks using AI for CDS work today? Curious for inspo for myself as a junior in the field. TR 2 1mo
+10 LT Options w/ Healthcare IB? IB 2 1mo
+10 How many people should I coffee chat in each firm to have a good network? IB 3 1mo
+10 US PE alpha look abysmal in L5Y PE 3 1mo
+10 Sophomore at a target school interested in S&T / commodities — how should I approach recruiting? TR 2 1mo
+10 Recruiting for On Cycle/ Off Cycle while being PE analyst PE 4 4w
+10 Incoming RX analyst IB 5 1mo
+10 Striking Out and Need Help Desperately IB 13 1mo
+10 Trading Forum Idea TR 6 1mo
+10 How is the lifestyle in banking/PE in London? PE 5 1mo
+10 How to Stand Out in FT Recruiting? IB 2 1mo
+10 Moelis PCA FT 2027 IB 13 3d
+10 Top LO (Welly/FMR/CapGroup) or multi-strat HF? AM 10 1mo
+10 Infrastructure PE AI Resilience & Exit to Crop Dev/Industrial/Family Office PE 3 1mo
+10 No Offer, out of school - What to do IB 4 1mo
+10 MFPE experience in a non-US country/geography not valuable/discounted in US recruitment? PE 3 1mo
+10 Handling HH Outreach JOB 2 1mo
+10 Rising Junior Recruiting for Consulting: Am I Too Far Behind? CO 2 1mo
+10 WF Group Placement Process IB 7 3w
+10 17yo, Egypt, Stuck between tech and finance. JOB 4 1mo
+10 Can someone help me understand comp progression at SM HF? HF 7 1mo
+10 HELP NEEDED FT27 IB 4 1mo
+10 Wells Fargo Analyst opportunities RE 17 3w
+10 Is it too late to save my career? JOB 4 1mo
+10 LBS MFA profile evaluation BSCH 3 1mo
+10 Is Rosenbaum and Pearl in-depth enough for EB IB interviews? IB 14 1mo
+10 IB to Development RE 4 1mo
+10 Are there "chill" M&A banks in London? IB 4 1mo
+10 FT recruiting with no SA26 at a big bank IB 4 1mo
+10 Is the RO Necessary For FT Recruiting? IB 5 2mo
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+10 London industrials IB to HF - how to prepare HF 3 2mo
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+10 Where do you guys buy dress shoes in London? FASH 3 2mo
+10 Recruiting chances JOB 8 2mo
+10 IB Internship Breaking In IB 3 2mo
+10 Breaking into AM/Buy-Side in India targeting HNI/Private Wealth — advice needed AM 1 2mo
+10 GS TMT Falloff ? IB 13 2mo
+10 How to really break into DCM as someone that is already graduated and is starting from scratch? IB 1 2mo
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+10 BrightTower ?! IB 2 2mo
+10 Top 5 Leading Mobile App Development Companies in Dallas OTH 2 2mo
+10 Turnover of Analysts / Looking to Jump? RE 6 1mo
+10 Incoming Sophomore Biomedical Engineer Pursuing IB IB 1 2mo
+10 How would you transition a long-only book into L/S? HF 1 2mo
+10 Took a counter-offer and now considering resigning again TR 1 2mo
+10 Solomon Partners Bonus 2026 IB 11 1mo
+10 How Important is Networking in London for IB ? IB 5 2mo
+10 Is moving to Houston worth it? JOB 5 2mo
+10 Data science at SM HF 5 2mo
+10 Rough Breakup OFF 8 2mo
+10 Incoming Target Uni Social Sciences student with no work experience – apply now or spend 2–3 weeks improving? IB 2 2mo
+10 For WSO users from NYC: What is your favorite NYC Football team? OFF 10 2mo
+10 Buy-side (~15 yrs) trying to pivot into investor relations — how would you play it? JOB 3 2mo
+10 No clue what to do after graduating JOB 14 2mo
+10 Manual Underwriting is a huge bottleneck! CR 4 2mo
+10 Esoteric Securitisation IB 2 2mo
+10 Incoming Freshman curious about IB recruiting IB 5 2mo
+10 Is 0->Offer in 6 months delusional post-grad TR 4 2mo
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+10 Industrial Shops RE 16 2d
+10 Books about Capital Solutions Investing CR 3 3mo
+10 Teach me about fin/econ careers that are not the usual IB or S&T TR 14 2mo
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