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Episode 223: How Good Are Your Excel Skills? Sep 19, 2022

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Excel is one of the most important skills you can have as a junior investment banker. In fact, you’ll probably spend more than 50% of your time on the job in Excel. So what do you do when an interviewer asks you how good your Excel skills are? Especially if you’re not exactly an Excel whiz? The key is to strike a balance between being humble, but not too humble. What does that mean exactly though? Here me coach one of our students on how to answer this exact question. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep223

Episode 222: What Makes You Nervous About IB? Sep 15, 2022

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One of our students recently got asked “what about investment banking as a job makes you nervous?” during an interview. He wasn’t sure how to answer the question. The most obvious answer is the hours, but that’s a tricky one that needs to be handled carefully. After all, you don’t want to come across as someone who’s lazy or can’t handle the hours. But what else can you say for this question? I actually gave him one other idea that could potentially work even better. Hear me brainstorm some answers for this question with him. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep222

Episode 221: How Alex Joined WSMM From a Non-Target During Sr Yr and Got a PE Analyst Offer Sep 14, 2022

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Our client Alex came to us from a non-target school during senior year, after failing to secure a junior summer internship in investment banking and working in a middle office role. After we helped him improve his interviewing skills, he went on to secure a full-time offer from a private equity firm. Hear him talk about the challenges he had to overcome along the way, and how you can do the same too. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep221

Episode 220: How to Break into PE Sep 13, 2022

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A lot of people want to start their career in investment banking just so that they can break into private equity. After all, having investment banking experience has been a prerequisite for private equity for a very long time. However, some bigger PE firms are starting to hire PE analysts directly out of undergrad, so it is possible to skip investment banking altogether now. What are the differences in breaking into PE through these two different routes? What are the pros and cons of each? Which path is better for you? Hear me answer these questions for one of out students. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep220

Episode 219: No Networking? No Problem Sep 08, 2022

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Have you ever tried to write a cover letter, or tried to prepare your answer for “why do you want to work for our firm” … but you don’t know what to say because you haven’t networked with anyone from the firm yet? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, a lot of students find themselves in this situation. While networking ahead of time is ideal, sometimes it’s just not possible. So what can you do to get around this problem? Are there other ways for you to still sound smart about the firm? Hear me coach one of my students on exactly how to overcome this challenge. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep219

Episode 218: How Dominique Landed One of the Top Investment Banks in Houston Frm a Non-Target School Sep 08, 2022

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Our client Dominique joined WSMM at the beginning of junior year. Despite already being a part of another career mentoring program (SEO), she found WSMM's program to be much more helpful. Hear her talk about how she was able to become one of only three students from her non-target school to break into investment banking, and how she did it without the help of any friends or family in investment banking. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep218

Episode 217: Adding Brand New Internship to Your Resume Sep 02, 2022

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If you just started a new internship and haven’t done that much yet, but you have applications coming up where you want to include this new experience on your resume… what should you do? This happens more often than you think, especially with how often investment banks recruit nowadays. The key is to strike a balance between being vague enough so that what you’re saying on the resume is accurate, but specific enough that it still sounds legitimate and impressive. Hear me coach one of my students on how to do exactly this. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep217

Episode 216: How Sandalina Went From Community College Transfer to Investment Banking Aug 31, 2022

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Our client Sandalina was a community college transfer who wanted to break into investment banking. Despite many people telling her that it would be impossible, it wasn't her personality to give up easily. Hear how she learned what she needed from WSMM in the shortest amount of time possible, and ultimately became one of four students to receive an offer from her bank out of over 400 applicants. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep216

Episode 215: Should You Stay at Your Internship? Aug 29, 2022

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A student recently asked me if he should stay longer at his internship, because he’s been promised some new responsibilities if he stays on. There are a lot of factors that go into this decision, but ultimately it’s a tradeoff between what the incremental learning you’ll get by staying, versus the opportunity cost of being able to add a new internship experience onto your resume instead. Plus - depending on what other experiences you already have on your resume, that would make a difference on how you make this decision as well. Watch me walk this student through this decision. Building your resume effectively requires you to allocate your time towards things that will really move the needle, so make sure you learn how to do this. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep215

Episode 214: How Travis Transferred From CC to Non-Target and Got Into I-Banking Aug 25, 2022

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Our client Travis came to us in late February of senior year, three months before graduation. He was a community college transfer at a non-target school, did not have a junior summer internship or much relevant internship experience, and only had a 3.3 GPA. Hear him talk about how he overcame all of these obstacles to break into a local boutique investment bank. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep214

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