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Stop Freaking Out About Technical Questions, You Have Other Issues
Investment Banking Technical Interviews Investment banking technical interviews can be brutal. Yet, what most candidates don't realize is that there is no point in prepping for hard-core technical questions if you can't even get an interview or make it past the first...
5 Reasons Your Job Interviews Aren’t Converting to Offers
If you’ve been having a brutal time when it comes to actually landing a job offer, you may want to take a serious look at what you are doing and course correct. You know the old adage, it's not you, it's you. Here’s a look at some of the common problems that I have...
How to Secure a Return Offer from Your Banking Summer Internship
Navigating your summer internship in banking can be extraordinarily challenging. You have 10-12 weeks to make a lasting impression while juggling multiple bankers, several projects, and impossible deadlines. It's like an extended Superday on steroids, where every...
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
Recruiting Process Most investment banks recruit, interview and hire full-time analysts in the fall of each school year. Increasingly, a significant percentage of full-time offers are dedicated to candidates who were interns the prior summer. While these candidates...
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...