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What is Recruiting Season (and did I just miss it)?
The Investment Banking Recruiting Cycle The investment banking recruiting cycle differs by bank but generally happens at the same time every year. The recruiting season also differs greatly depending on whether you are a new hire or a lateral hire. The best way to...
What Does Lateral Recruiting in Investment Banking Really Mean?
What is a Lateral Hire? When you see the term “lateral hire,” you might think: “Finally!!! This is my opportunity to break into investment banking, ha suckers, I told you I didn't need an MBA." “I currently work in risk (corporate banking or trading), my experience in...
Investment Banking Recruiting Calendar 2024-2025
How Do You Explain A Jumpy Resume?
Banking or Buy-side? Which is Right for You?
Banking or Buy-side? A quick quiz to help you figure out which career path is your calling. The markets make you tick but are you banking bound, or do you belong on the buy-side? Or maybe in another part of the finance ecosystem entirely. As we've written...
How to Work with a Recruiter
How to Ace your Goldman Sachs Interview
Uh oh. You Got the Interview at GS, Now What? We've assembled a list of interview questions which Goldman Sachs candidates claim to have been asked in the past. Most of these were asked of candidates joining the firm at analyst or associate levels. Goldman...
How to Network Your Way into Investment Banking
5 Networking Tips that Will Help You Get a Job in Banking 1. Make A Plan You wouldn't go to an interview without preparing and doing research. The same holds true for networking. Before you reach out to any potential contacts or attend any career-focused events, you...
Recruiters Not Getting Back to You? Here’s Probably Why
Reasons Financial Recruiters Don't Get Back to You Although an investment banking recruiter may reach out with a connection request on Linkedin or send an email regarding a position, it does not always mean that you're a perfect fit for their open roles. 1. They think...
Recruiting On-Campus Will Super Suck This Year and Here’s Why
On-Campus Recruiting in Flip-Flops On-Campus recruiting for investment banking has always been somewhat brutal. You arrive back to school in late August, early September bright eyed and bushy tailed, happy to see your friends, new laptop charged, #2 pencils...
Everyone Gets an Offer After Their Summer Internship?… Right?!?
No offer after your summer internship? It does happen. Some years it happens a lot. For instance the 2020 Covid summer, the 2011 World Financial Crisis Summer, or further back the 1998 currency meltdown / Russian debt crisis. Some years it is a...
How to Be a Stand-Out Candidate During Interview Process
In addition to technical aptitude, investment banks are also looking for very specific qualitative characteristics in the candidates that they interview. Although some of these qualities may be listed in the job description, unfortunately most are not. The good news...