Could some current investment bankers answer a few questions?
We're doing a career project at my school and part of it is to interview someone. We took a career test and one of the results was an investment banker, so I decided to do it on that.
What type of skills do you need to complete your job?
What type of training is required for your job?
What advice would you have for someone aspiring to become an investment banker?
How do you think your job will be different in the future?
What was your first job?
How did you get the job that you have now?
What is the best part of your job?
What is the worst part of your job?
What do recruiters look for in an investment banking applicant?
What are some similar careers to investment banking?
What are some exit opportunities?
What are the top investment banking firms?
What are the top undergraduate and business schools to become an investment banker?
What is the average salary for an analyst in a top IB firm?
What should one major in while in college if they want to become an investment banker?
What classes should a high school student take in order to prepare for investment banking?
What are some ways that high school students could gain experience in investment banking?
Thanks.. and BTW you don't have to answer all of the questions.
you're an idiot GMSMSL
Oy! Kid, you can't hammer people with questions like that!
'Oy' right back at ya, the kid is GMSLML and he is notorious for filling this board with nonsense.
Watch your mouth.
as much as we'd like to, can't do your homework for you. try posting one question at a time and u might get them answered
You should have registered your screen name as Kenneth Park.
If you search around on this forum and the internet, you'll be able to find answers to most of these questions.
Do you not know anyone in banking?
I'll answer the last two:
you should not be worried about ibanking in HS. worry about cheerleaders.
also, you can answer a bunch of these with common sense, no need a banker to answer them for you.
Ironically on my computer this question was directly to the right of the Hourly Wage Calculator.
We're supposed to interview anyone with a job that we're interested in and for me it doesn't necessarily have to be an investment banker.
You're not doing my HW for me. The assignment is to ask someone else questions that corresponds with your interest.
So just please help me out and answer the questions.
Thanks.
Then who are you asking? All your question ask about investment banking.
The bottom line is you asked about 15 questions, and I don't think anyone is going to take the time to answer all of them. I think you'd be better off picking someone (preferably someone you know) and interviewing them. That would be doing the assignment correctly. Half the people on this board aren't even in investment banking. This board is not the proper place for this.
Haha come on man, you are a college educated young man, you must have some common sense. You know these guys are i-bankers, aka very little time. I doubt any of them want to spend 15 minutes of their time helping out a kid who needs some interview for his class as opposed to someone who reached out to them to learn about what they do and is truly interested in someday being in their position. Try actually emailing an i-banker and act like you somewhat care as opposed to putting up 20 questions on a random message board so people can help you do your homework with you doing no effort whatsoever.
Why are people attacking a school kid? What is wrong with you? If you don't want to answer then don't, it's just some innocent teenager trying to do some homework, jeez.
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Not just 15 questions, but 15 questions you could write entire books on. It's one thing to ask what the biggest IPO was for 2006, and it's another hugely annoying thing when people ask unanswerable questions like "What do recruiters look for?" and "What are some similar careers to investment banking?"
True. Most of his questions have been discussed ad nauseum on numerous threads, which is why it would be better for him to interview one person. No one's attacking the kid. If he can't take a little constructive criticism, then I-banking isn't the field for him.
Goldson,
haha I'm not college educated. I'm only 14. Thanks for the idea of emailing some investment bankers, I think I'll try that. I'm not really expecting a response, though since they're so busy.
This question makes me suspicious. The terminology of "exit opportunities" is not widely used or known to people unfamiliar with IB.
I suggest you surf the web and pull a few books from the library most of these questions can be answered from www.careersinfinance.com, gives you a good synopsis about the career.
oh dear.
go to site of some i banks - their career site always list what candidate qualities they look for.
Guys...
This is GSMLSML...
He's the guy who 'retired' from the board yesterday.
What? I just joined this thing the other day when I was researching investment banking.
And I can't just research those questions on the internet. The point of me posting this thread on here was so investment bankers could answer it. I'm supposed to INTERVIEW someone. Get it?
Thanks,
Jonathan 33.
Yeah, we get it, but I don't think YOU do. Posting questions on a message board is not INTERVIEWING someone.
1) Ability to take shit from anyone.
2) Accounting and finance.
3) Think carefully if it's what you want.
4) It will be different when I get a new job.
5) Investment Banking.
6) I had to go down on the interviewer.
7) Pay.
8) Realizing pay translated to $5.80 per hour.
9) Good school and grades. That's how you get the interview.
10) Garbage man. You take everyone's shit and put it all together; you deal with nasty, messy and used objects; and due to work conditions, you start to smell like shit (ie. you don't leave and so you don't shower)
11) PE, HF, IB (again), Corp. Dev., retirement
12) Jett Capital
13) The usual suspects.
14) Depends on year. Be more specific.
15) Something in which you can do well while enjoying the subject matter.
16) It won't matter. Concern yourself with what you can take to get into a solid university.
17) They can practice coffee-making and photocopying skills, as those will be your main responsibilities if you land a "job" within an IBD while in high school.
Hope these were insightful.
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