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Episode 121: How To Check in If You’ve Been Ghosted by an Interviewer Jan 03, 2022

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Have you ever had an interview that went really well, but you didn’t hear back for a long time? You are probably wondering if you have been dropped from the recruiting process. How should you follow up with them in this situation to see what your status is? One of my students had the same problem with his interview process at Piper Sandler. Check out the advice I gave him about how to follow up with the interviewer in a non-obtrusive way. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep121

Episode 120: Can a Non-Banker Connection Lead To an Investment Banking Offer? Dec 30, 2021

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Are you at a non target school that has very few banking alumni… and even the ones that are on Wall Street are not in investment banking? One of my students asked me if a Sales & Trading alumni connection at Deutsche Bank can help him land a banking offer at Deutsche Bank. Should he keep that relationship alive? Hear my response to his question on how to logically think this through. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep120

Episode 119: How Sriman Landed an Investment Banking Offer w/ a 3.5 GPA Dec 29, 2021

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Our client Sriman recently received an offer from an upper middle market investment bank despite only having a 3.5 GPA and not knowing how to network or answer technical questions initially. Hear Sriman talk about how he was able to improve his resume, networking, technical knowledge, and behavioral interviewing skills all at once. You do not want to miss Sriman's advice! Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep119

Episode 118: Is Your Elevator Pitch Canned? Dec 27, 2021

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Ever feel like your elevator pitch sounds a bit canned? Meaning you feel like you sound like you are reading off a script? A lot of the times, you may just need someone else to listen to it because we are our harshest critiques. Hear me give advice to one of my students about his elevator pitch that he thought sounded canned. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep118

Episode 117: Why Our Bank? Middle Market Edition Dec 23, 2021

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“Why Our Bank” is one of the very first questions bankers typically ask during interviews. It is pretty easy to answer that question for a top tier bank, but how would you answer that for a middle market bank? They might be wondering why you would choose a middle market bank over a bulge bracket or elite boutique bank, and you can’t really say it’s because you can’t get into a top tier bank. Check out my response to this question that one of my students asked me. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep117

Episode 116: How Zeb Went From 0 to Having 7 Interviews and a Middle Market Investment Banking Offer Dec 22, 2021

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Our client Zeb attends NYU, but in the College of Arts and Sciences, which is a non-target, unlike Stern. Prior to joining Wall Street Mastermind, he had applied to ~20 firms and gotten zero interviews. After working with us, he got interviews from 7 different firms, before eventually accepting an offer from his top middle-market bank. Hear him talk about what enabled him to make such a huge turnaround! Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep116

Episode 115: How to Answer Weakness Questions Dec 20, 2021

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Talking about a weakness is a behavioral question that many people mess up on. You don’t want to give them a real weakness that would hurt your interview, or just give them a strength and try to dress it up as a weakness (i.e. “I’m too much of a perfectionist sometimes”). So how should you handle it? Hear me give advice to this student on how to properly answer this question to use your weakness in your favor. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep115

Episode 114: How to Keep Networking Connections Warm Dec 16, 2021

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Have you ever had a great networking conversation with a banker, where they even agreed to give you a referral at the end of the chat? Only problem is, because you started networking early (like you should), applications aren’t open until at least months away? In these instances, what should you do to keep those networking connections you’ve made warm? How do you make sure that the bankers won’t forget about you when recruiting actually starts? Listen to this podcast where I give step-by-step tips to keep networking connections warm even if recruiting is months away. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep114

Episode 113: How Dean Learned His Technicals in Just 1 Week and Got an Offer Dec 15, 2021

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Our client Dean was able to secure a summer analyst offer despite going to a non-target school and not having any relevant finance experience. What's even more impressive is that he learned all of his technicals in just one week (yes, with our help). Hear Dean talk about how he was able to "bankify" his story and shorten his preparation time to still be successful despite the accelerated recruiting timeline. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep113

Episode 112: Why This Industry Group Dec 13, 2021

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There are times when you might be interviewing with a bank or group that covers a specific industry. This could either happen if you’re interviewing for a regional office outside of New York (i.e. SF = tech, Houston = oil & gas, Chicago = industrials, etc.), or if you’re interviewing with a smaller bank that specializes in a certain vertical (i.e. FTPartners = fintech). Even if you interview for the NYC office, you’ll eventually have to go through the group placement process. During these times, it’s important that you know how to answer why you are interested in the particular industry that the bank or group covers. In this video, one of our students answers why he is interested in the cannabis group at the bank he’s interviewing for. Hear me give advice to him on how to answer this question in a way that not only demonstrates genuine interest, but also shows off his industry knowledge as well. Book a Virtual Coffee Chat with an Upperclassmen Who Secured an Offer: wallstmastermind.com/apply?utm_source=podcastep112

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