Back when I did my internship in London as a computer science student in the mid naughties, banks and larger hedge funds were the clear and obvious choice if you wanted to make decent money with career progression as a […]
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5 Ways I Was a Terrible Intern
Anyone who watched It’s a Brad, Brad World on Bravo this past season is familiar with the celebrity stylist’s assistant, Lindsay, who famously took a break from her day’s work to pose in a tiny white bikini and sailor’s hat for a […]
Why do junior bankers work so hard?
Everyone knows that junior bankers work hard. In a world where analyst and associate positions are associated with 80 hour weeks, proclaiming that banking juniors are over-worked isn’t revelatory. The real question is why. Instead of having 100 investment banking division (IBD) […]
What Point72 really pays its interns
Late last week, we put together some data on how much several of the biggest and most well-known hedge funds pay their interns, courtesy of new survey figures from Wall Street Oasis. We reached out to the firms for comment and, rather […]
A Goldman Sachs MD’s guide to surviving banking interviews
Good news – you passed the 1st test, your resume has been accepted and they want a 1st round interview with you. A 1st round interview is just another screening tool to narrow the resume file further. Make sure you […]
What your salary and bonus should be at JP Morgan in Singapore
JP Morgan has enjoyed a decent first half in Asia. While its own financial results don’t break out earnings figures for the region, new data from Dealogic puts JP Morgan in fourth place for Asia (ex-Japan) investment banking revenues. In Singapore, the […]