2022 Investment Banking Compensation Report
Discover the key trends in investment banking compensation for 2022. Learn how decreased deal activity affected bonuses and MD compensation.
How To Write an Investment Banking Cover Letter
While your résumé should be a summary of your academic and professional accomplishments to date, your cover letter presents you with an opportunity to sell yourself to each different firm.
Stop Freaking Out About Technical Questions, You Have Other Issues
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.
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 seen that keep qualified candidates from getting a job offer.
How to Secure a Return Offer from Your Banking Summer Internship
Navigating your summer internship in banking can be hard. Very hard. You have 10-12 weeks to make an impact while working for multiple managers on several projects all on due yesterday. It’s like a Superday on steroids.
What is Recruiting Season (and did I just miss it)?
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 understand when to start recruiting is to understand when new hires and laterals are on-boarded.
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
The investment banking recruiting cycle differs by bank but is generally the same time every year.
How Do You Explain A Jumpy Resume?
It’s completely normal to want to change jobs. The days when people stayed at the same company for years are over – no one and I mean NO ONE expects that anymore. Investment Banking has always been a super frothy hiring market where candidates tend to change jobs every few years. In today’s market, you would be considered a solid candidate if you have been at your firm for more than three years or you were an analyst or associate promote.
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...