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.
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Subject: Hey, do you have a minute? Either come to my office or we can meet in a conference room.

Uh oh.

Unless that email is coming from the co-worker you’ve been secretly dating or (one of) the secretaries you’re having an affair with, you’re probably going to be fired in the next 5-10 minutes if you see this subject line in your inbox.

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The general rule of thumb is this: don’t lie and especially don’t put any lies in writing on your resume or on the background check form.

This sounds simple, but there’s a lot of subtlety when you consider “gray areas” - slight GPA inflation, exaggerating previous jobs, omitting jobs, and more.

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