Attention To Detail.
Even if you remember nothing else out of the Vault guide and all those other investment banking interview guides out there, you remember attention to detail. The one quality all prospective investment banking analysts really need.
“But wait,” you might say, “If all you do is crank out Excel and Powerpoint all day [...]

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“If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight, and if not split and reevaluate. “
-Sun Tzu
With every investment bank out there well into summer recruiting season, I’ve been getting questions not only on how to judge offers but also on how to prepare for superday interviews and what [...]

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All the senior bankers do their planning for the next week on Friday at 4 PM. Suddenly, they’ll remember those Monday/Tuesday meetings they had planned the whole week but somehow forgot to tell you about. And the pitch or board presentation on Tuesday that they also conveniently forgot to tell you about.

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