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Eight ways you should change your approach for the final job interview
So you’ve been called in for a final job interview, meaning that you’re at the short end of the shortlist. Now is not the time to slip up. Here are some tips to prepare for a final job interview to...
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Why Lloyd Blankfein’s careers advice is wrong
Lloyd Blankfein knows a few things about life. The 61 year-old has been CEO of Goldman Sachs for ten years, the last financial crisis included. He’s raised three children and survived cancer. He’s...
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Morning Coffee: Brexit negotiations going incredibly badly for London banks....
As the summer wears on and investment banks’ patience wears thin, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the British government doesn’t have much of a clue about negotiating the country’s exit from...
View ArticleThe seven deadly sins of investment banking interns
Investment banks are about to start handing out offers to their summer interns. The summer internship is most banks’ main recruitment vehicle, but this doesn’t mean all interns make the cut. If you’re...
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A Goldman Sachs rates trader just joined Capula Investment Management
Capula Investment Management just hired another trader from Goldman Sachs. Puzhong Yao, a former Goldman rates trader and vice president on Goldman’s XVA rates desk joined Capula’s London office as a...
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This ex-Morgan Stanley SVP left banking to cultivate cannabis – and has no...
Plenty of people have left huge, prestigious Wall Street banks to join an elite boutique, hedge fund, private equity shop, Big Four professional services firm or management consultant. Others former...
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How to handle an HireVue interview with an investment bank
If you’re interviewing for a graduate position with an investment bank for 2017 and you haven’t heard of HireVue, wake up. HireVue is the new, new thing. Goldman Sachs is using it this year. So is J.P....
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Morning Coffee: How to train your brain as a trader. Where banks want to pay...
With quant hedge funds booming, large firms replacing their traders with machines and artificial intelligence hedge funds already a reality, how can you maintain an edge as a mere human trader. The...
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Meet 12 impressive new investment banking analysts hired by Deutsche Bank in...
What does it take to get into a top European investment bank in London this year? Do the new graduate recruits differ from those being hired by U.S. investment banks? We’ve profiled some of the more...
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Another former SAC Capital partner has now departed Moore Capital Management
Another former SAC Capital portfolio manager, who signed up to Moore Capital Management after Steve Cohen’s former hedge fund closed its London office in 2013, has now left his new employer. Bramen...
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What interviewers really want to know in private banking interviews
If you’re a successful private banker the potential job opportunities on offer should make you the envy of those in other parts of the finance sector. Private wealth is growing globally and in Asia...
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Three Bank of America Merrill Lynch technology managing directors have left
As investment banks battle to keep hold of their senior technologists, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has lost a number of managing directors in its tech team in the past few months. Michael Naunton, a...
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How the best bankers recharge over the summer
It’s easy to get burnt out in finance. In many a banker’s career there may come a time that you come home hating your job and wondering why you are doing it. It’s important to spend time recharging....
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Morning Coffee: Goldman Sachs interview questions get all ethical. American...
Like other investment banks, Goldman Sachs is about to kick off its graduate recruitment season and – as usual – your chances of making the cut are infinitesimal. Goldman is already whittling down the...
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How junior investment bankers are duped into the industry. And why they don’t...
How do you turn a young, enthusiastic, high-performing undergraduate into a jaded, stressed out cynic? Try one year in investment banking. It’s rare that junior investment bankers go into the industry...
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This high frequency trading firm is looking new employees to “get hammered”...
Are you a team-player who thrives in a collegial environment and works every day to uphold the ethical standards demanded by the ‘firm’? Great, but you probably won’t fit in at high frequency trading...
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Barclays and RBS MDs quietly launch distressed debt investment manager
It’s the new thing currently – leave a senior role in a large investment bank after years of experience, set up alone to escape the juniorisation of the industry. Three senior investment bankers at...
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How to write the perfect risk resume
The job market in risk management is heating up as more people – from auditors to traders – try to break into an increasingly important part of the banking sector. Along with getting your risk cover...
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“Here’s how you’ll know that it’s time to quit your banking job”
Why did Alex Ferguson retire? Why did Michael Jordan switch from basketball to baseball? Why hasn’t Tiger Woods stopped playing championship golf? While there is usually more than one reason, there are...
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Morning Coffee: Fear the boring summer. How to date a Goldman Sachs banker
Financial crises have a habit of festering during the dog days of summer. Lehman’s collapse had been simmering for months until it eventually toppled in September 2008 and – on a much smaller scale –...
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