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E177: Grace (Session 18) - Citi Internship Over and Junior Year has Started - Oct 18, 2021 Nov 04, 2021

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In this session, Grace shares her experience working at Citi as a summer analyst across two groups. Listen to some important lessons and what her plans are for Junior Year since she already has her Blackstone internship lined up for next summer.

E176: Grace (Session 17) - Citi Internship About to Begin - Jun 14, 2021 Oct 28, 2021

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In this short session, Grace and I discuss her Citi internship this summer and I give her some advice on how to make sure she doesn't burn out with the long weeks.

E175: Victor (Session 7) - Fidelity Starts...but another Wrinkle Emerges - Oct 13, 2021 Oct 21, 2021

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In this session, Victor shares how his life has changed since starting training at Fidelity in their asset management division. We learn about his upcoming SIE, Series 7 and Series 66 exams, but one major piece of news looms large and may change everything.

E174: Barclays IB Associate in ECM Makes The Brave Leap Oct 07, 2021

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In this episode, we hear from Aaron, a former investment banking associate that worked in equity capital markets at Barclays in New York. Learn how he managed to land a job in investment banking coming from Arizona State and why he made a brave leap after almost three years in the industry. Hear why he moved down to Miami and what he's up to now.

E173: 2.5GPA to Investment Banking Associate Sep 30, 2021

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In this episode, NonTarget5 shares his path from a non-target school in the Southeast to landing at a top investment bank as an associate. Learn how even at a part-time MBA program with minimal IB placement he beat out kids from Wharton, Fuqua and Darden. Listen to hear how his path of promotions in a corporate role for 7 years played a large role and some advice on what he would have done differently.

E172: Buyside High Yield Credit role out of Duke Masters of Management Program Jul 22, 2021

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In this episode, S shares her story from India to the one year Duke Masters of Management program. We learn how she landed a role as a buyside analyst at a high yield credit shop, how she made the transition from the office in the US to London, why she got promoted and why she is now back in the US at Kellogg doing an accelerated MBA.

E171: VC Investor out of GM's FLDP Program and Duke Jul 15, 2021

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In this episode, Julia shares her non-traditional path. From landing a sales & trading internship at Morgan Stanley and realizing it wasn't a good fit to landing multiple offers at a wide variety of firms, listen to why she chose to join General Motors' FLDP program and why she stayed for 4 years. Understand why she chose to leave when she did and how she prepared for the transition to venture capital investor.

E170: Director at Citi in ECM London and his 14 Year Run Jul 08, 2021

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In this episode Chris shares his path from the University of Zurich to working in Citi's London office for 14 years. Listen to hear his recruiting advice, what it was like when the Great Financial Crisis hit when he was an analyst in 2008, what that meant for his future, how his roles and pay shifted as he got promoted as well as some Dos and Don'ts while networking.

E169: VP at BB Investment Bank on Work-life balance & Breaking in from a Non-traditional Background Jul 01, 2021

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In this episode, Synergy shares his path from a non-target school in the US to working in China post-graduation in consulting. Listen to hear how he thrived in China, transitioned to a Big 4 in Transaction Services as one of the only expats in the office and eventually, how he used an MBA to transition back to the US and break into investment banking at a bulge bracket. Also, hear his thoughts on work-life balance and how the culture at many banks leaves a lot to be desired.

E168: Private Equity Portfolio Ops from Accenture and Deloitte Jun 24, 2021

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In this episode, Dan shares his path from the strategy group at Accenture, to M&A strategy at Deloitte and how he positioned himself to work with private equity clients. We learn what he does day to day and how his responsibilities have shifted now that he is working within a private equity fund to help their portfolio companies drive growth.

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