Category Archives: Finance
Interview Books and Resources
I read over 3,000 pages of books for the interview prep process. Interview preparation is important if you want to significantly increase your chances of getting an offer. In this blog post, I provide the books and resources I used to land offers from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, McKinsey, Bain, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, […]
Continue reading7 Tips for a Successful Interview
My formula for a successful interview is: successful interview = preparedness x relaxation The tips below will help you greatly increase your chances of a successful interview. Tip 1: Read from the experts I read over six books for the internship interview process. I treated the internship interviews as a class – I […]
Continue readingPractical tips to learn finance
Step 1: Read the ‘Vault Guide to Finance Interviews’ Step 2: Subscribe to Investopedia’s free ‘Term of the Day’ here. They basically send you a finance term each day via email. This will improve your finance vocabulary Step 3: Subscribe to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ($15 for 15 weeks for students) Step 4: When […]
Continue readingHow to break into finance
So far, there are three ways that I have been able to get interview opportunities with finance companies: Step 1) A Recruiter emailing me about a position that I should apply for Step 2) Searching through google and a company’s website for internship opportunities Step 3) Searching through my college’s career site How to get […]
Continue readingDo you have to be in a business club for finance?
Question: I recently was asked the following question: “I’m not really part of any business clubs. Do you think this will hurt me in the recruiting process at all?” My Answer: Short response: No Long response: If you are interested in getting into finance or consulting or anything business-related, then joining a business club would […]
Continue readingTips for Brainteaser Questions
Tip 1: Just keep talking Remember, the interviewer wants to see your thought process. This is very important to know. The correct answer is actually less important than the way you try to figure out the answer. What does that mean for you in an interview? That means that you should tell the interviewer your […]
Continue readingPrepare for a Strats (Quant) Interview
Step 1: Before the Interview – Preparation Before the interview, you want to prepare for different types of interview questions. In a Strats Interview, you will typically be asked behavioural questions, finance questions and technical questions (including brainteasers). Below, I show you how to prepare for these three categories of interview questions 1. Behavioural Questions […]
Continue readingPrepare for Networking Events
If you have a chance to attend a finance networking event, take that opportunity. As you may or may not know, networking is very important in finance – your next job offer could be the result of someone you met at a networking event. But what should you expect and what should you do? Step […]
Continue readingGet a Good Internship (even for freshmen)
When I arrived to MIT as a freshman, I had never done an internship…Months later, I had secured my dream internship – working at Morgan Stanley in New York City. Practical Tips to Get Your Internship Before we begin, remember to start early!! Because I didn’t start early, I missed out on the application to […]
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