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Investment Banking Recruiting Secrets of the Top 1%

Wall Street Mastermind provides 1-on-1 coaching to students who are trying to break into investment

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Total: 347

Our client Matthew went a top target school and had multiple relevant finance experiences on his res

Our client Isaac initially planned on pursuing a career in accounting. By the time he realized that

Our client Jared started working with WSMM during his sophomore spring. His original approach of r

Our client Cameron had dreams of working in NYC. Unfortunately, UT Austin was only a target school

Oftentimes, you’ll find yourself in a situation where you’ll have to add a new internship to your re

When it comes to resume building, how do you know whether you need to go out and get another relevan

Our client Daniel first spoke to us early on during sophomore year, but wasn't ready to commit to ou

For most people, just getting ANY offer in investment banking is the goal. But for others, merely ge

In our experience, a lot of students struggle with answering “why our bank” if they’re interviewing

Our client Brandon is living proof that it's possible to break into investment banking after college

If you ever interview with the technology group of an investment bank, or perhaps a buyside firm tha

Our client Claire originally thought she wanted to pursue investment banking, but after networking w

One of the more advanced technical topics that can come up during interviews is the concept of accre

Our client Tyler started at a community college and transferred to a non-target school, after which

Private equity internships are one of the most relevant internships you can do to give your resume a

Our client Bowen studied at a target school but hadn’t joined any of his school’s professional orgs

Usually we advise our students to network with bankers so that they can get referrals to interviews.

Excel is one of the most important skills you can have as a junior investment banker. In fact, you’l

One of our students recently got asked “what about investment banking as a job makes you nervous?” d

Our client Alex came to us from a non-target school during senior year, after failing to secure a ju