Weekly (or maybe this should be bi-weekly?) Reader Q&A continues this week, and I prove that I can indeed answer technical/finance questions as well (one of the benefits of working in an M&A group is that I know all sorts of obscure finance/tax trivia you never use 99% of the time), so if you have [...]

Career Change, Corporate Development, Getting A Job, Recruiting, Valuation | 4 Comments »

With summer internships approaching, there are 2 topics on everyone’s mind: 1) how to get the full-time offer and 2) how to get an even better internship, even at this late stage. Meanwhile, the questions on breaking into investment banking from other fields continue to roll in.
Law School Student To Finance
“I just read your [...]

Getting A Job, Investment Banking Internships, Law, Recruiting | 2 Comments »

“The difficulty is in coming up with a credible excuse or rather, a set of excuses, when you need to do follow on interviews in a short period of time.  Let’s face it, three doctors’ appointments, two visits to the dentist and a broken boiler, fridge and blocked sink in the course of the two [...]

Career Change, Getting A Job, Interview Tips, Recruiting | 2 Comments »