Comments on: Navigating the SA Interviews http://www.bankonbanking.com/2010/02/15/navigating-the-sa-interviews/ Ins & Outs...Tips & Tricks...Strategy - Break into Investment Banking and Thrive Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: IBanker http://www.bankonbanking.com/2010/02/15/navigating-the-sa-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-1461 IBanker Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:46:59 +0000 http://www.bankonbanking.com/?p=815#comment-1461 Thank you very much for the support. To your questions, it really depends on the brand name of the bank and your experience (ignoring the rest of your resume, school pedigree and GPA - in other words, strictly talking about your internship). If, as you said, the bank is a top bank (even MM as opposed to BB), and you can gain some solid experience, it will definitely help your resume. From there, you will need to keep your GPA up and really work your network. Additionally, you will need to have your technicals down pat and know why IB. If you have any further questions, feel free to drop me an email. Thank you very much for the support. To your questions, it really depends on the brand name of the bank and your experience (ignoring the rest of your resume, school pedigree and GPA – in other words, strictly talking about your internship). If, as you said, the bank is a top bank (even MM as opposed to BB), and you can gain some solid experience, it will definitely help your resume. From there, you will need to keep your GPA up and really work your network. Additionally, you will need to have your technicals down pat and know why IB. If you have any further questions, feel free to drop me an email.

]]> By: glenj http://www.bankonbanking.com/2010/02/15/navigating-the-sa-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 glenj Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:41:28 +0000 http://www.bankonbanking.com/?p=815#comment-1431 Hi, great site it helped me tremendously throughout the SA recruiting process! I was resigned to the fact that the economy was slow and financial companies were not hiring. So I spent all my time networking with the accounting firms last semester. I decided after winterbreak this semester to give bank recruiting a shot in the dark. Due to my lateness to the process I could not land a full-fledged banking job for various reasons (lack of polish, still learning technicals) but I managed to land a Transaction Services/Valuation internship in a very esteemed middle market ibank. In terms of TS this is probably the best group out there. How far of a stretch would it be leveraging this summer experience into a full time ibanking offer at a BB or strong MM firm in the fall? And what steps this summer can I take to ensure I can get a banking offer in the fall? Hi, great site it helped me tremendously throughout the SA recruiting process!

I was resigned to the fact that the economy was slow and financial companies were not hiring. So I spent all my time networking with the accounting firms last semester. I decided after winterbreak this semester to give bank recruiting a shot in the dark. Due to my lateness to the process I could not land a full-fledged banking job for various reasons (lack of polish, still learning technicals) but I managed to land a Transaction Services/Valuation internship in a very esteemed middle market ibank. In terms of TS this is probably the best group out there.

How far of a stretch would it be leveraging this summer experience into a full time ibanking offer at a BB or strong MM firm in the fall?

And what steps this summer can I take to ensure I can get a banking offer in the fall?

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