+38 WSO Hall of Fame: Job Search Advice Forum 6 2y
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0 GS Emerging Leaders Series 3 18h
+9 How much money will I earn in the best case? 1 23h
+3 How Specific Do You Have To Be To Headhunters? 7 1d
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+10 Stop Wasting Time Submitting 100’s of Applications to Your College’s Internship Portal. Here Are 5 Reasons Finding An Upperclassmen Mentor Will Cut Your Internship Search Time In Half 3 1d
0 What Should I Do? (No Offer) 1 1d
0 Lateraling back 1 1d
+10 Networking Internally at a BB? Cold Email or LI Message? 2 1d
0 Walls Fargo corporate banking 2 1d
+19 Want to break into IB in 30’s with a shite history, excuse my language 12 1d
+20 Does (verbally accepting an offer) count as reneging? 22 1d
+6 Those who lost the H1B lottery and only had 1 chance left, what did you do to during the year in between? 1 1d
+5 Interning for no money?? 4 2d
0 Is it worth networking? 2 2d
0 Transferred from CC to USC, am I out of time? 3 2d
+13 Confused Non Target Looking for Direction 2 2d
0 del 3 2d
0 JW Michaels & Co - Legit Recruiter? 0 2d
+3 Personal Vs Professional Life Dilemma, What would y'all do? 1 3d
+19 NYC Consumer PE/Growth Funds with decent comp but amazing WLB? 7 3d
0 JPM Markets Summer Analyst vs Bridgewater Investment Associate 1 3d
+7 RBC vs Citi? 8 3d
+12 Finance career in Emerging Markets 11 3d
+26 When do you know it's time to go? 4 4d
0 Wells Fargo IB Charlotte vs Santander IB NYC 2 4d
+3 Putting Insght events as Experience 9 4d
0 Any HF opportunities in Orange County? 2 4d
+24 Low GPA at a Target - How screwed am I? 20 4d
+6 Best path to make world changing money (I.e. billions)? 5 4d
+9 Career advice: Transitioning from LatAm Early Stage VC to US LMM PE? 3 4d
+6 Rejected after MD referral: is this normal? S&T 4 4d
0 When to start networking and how to get in diversity programs??? 1 4d
+6 Is Acturial Science good to break into Investment Banking In Wall Street? What other industries can I enter after it? 5 4d
+6 Transitioning from PwC M&A to Investment Banking: Is it a Smart Career Move?" 3 4d
+3 How to be #1 as a Private Client Banker at JP Morgan Chase 2 4d
0 Boston to SLC for GS? 3 5d
+12 2 Search fund internship or 1 and nothing - hoping to pursue IB 1 5d
+11 interview follow up typo 10 5d
+14 How much rejection is normal in the lateral process? 17 5d
0 Thoughts? - recruiting 1 5d
+10 Should I try for IB career? 3 5d
+9 What chance do I have? 1 5d
+13 (UK) Too late to pursue finance and make it? 19 years old, not a lot of momentum in life. 7 5d
0 I NEED HELP 3 5d
0 From REPE to HF? 3 5d
0 TAP Advisors SA 2025 1 6d
+16 Most Prestigious/Safest/Gentrified/Old Money Neighborhoods in NYC For Summer Internship? 14 6d
+83 2024 SA - Visa Sponsorship - US Investment Banking 76 6d
+9 Advice on Connecting with Analysts/Associates Before Starting IB Internship 1 6d
0 Going into Corp Dev 1 6d
+10 Want to get a proper shot at big firms. Any tips? 4 6d
0 Anyone else been let go/went without an offer from university? 1 6d
0 Cold emailing an MD, he replied a day later, but it was nothing in the reply. 2 6d
+1 Non target recruiting banoaza 1 6d
+3 Breaking into IB from Washu? 9 6d
+19 Breaking in Tips 7 1w
+9 Am I cooked for Summer 2025? 1 1w
+9 Am I cooked? 2024 FT 9 1w
+6 Exit Opps for Corporate Finance @ Asset Manager 1 1w
+10 Sophomore Summer: BB in HK or Boutique in the US 3 1w
+12 What kind of finance roles should I go for in Luxembourg? 0 1w
+12 Fired for blowing the whistle internally at a large public pension 2.5 years ago 2 1w
+13 Need advice 2 1w
+2 You just quit your job...You are off on your own...What are the first couple things you do? 2 1w
+29 Is there a point to networking if you have (nepo)? 9 1w
+9 What can I do to enter into IB a year from now? 1 1w
+6 Internship path advice? 2 1w
0 How much Weight Does a Global Group Head Referral Have in Interview Process 1 1w
+6 Is it possible to pivot to IB senior year of college? 5 1w
+11 most valuable second language for finance? 3 1w
+9 What am I doing wrong? 8 1w
+12 Networking/ Cold-Call Emails to break into IB 2 1w
+6 Best way to get my name out there? 3 1w
+6 Astronaut to MF pivot? 2 1w
+7 OPT 4 1w
+15 Seeking Advice - PWM to IB/S&T 6 1w
0 MUFG reviews 1 1w
+9 Is it over for me? 6 1w
+9 HELP!! GRAD SCHOOL IN BOSTON WORTH IT? 3 1w
+31 Networking as a high school student (Stern) 13 1w
+13 Firm Flying Me Cross-Country - Taking Other Meetings? 4 1w
+9 Does having a mild disability improve hiring chances? 2 1w
+2 Headhunter asking for top choice 3 1w
0 Telling headhunters you want a specific geography? 2 1w
0 What jobs transfer employees regularly? 0 1w
+9 GPA 8 1w
+11 DWS Group PACE Graduate Program 20 1w
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+4 2024 Full time roles at Credit Rating Agencies 4 1w
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+16 Working in Charlotte 7 1w
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