A CFA will not help you all that much - getting banking experience, even if it’s a smaller bank, is definitely the way to go. If you have to, offer to work for free just so you can get the proper experience and start building relationships for a bigger and better job down the line.

Investment Banking Background Checks

Posted by Inquisitor on March 10th, 2008

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.

February 2008: Month In Review

Posted by Inquisitor on February 29th, 2008