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Preparing for Sales & Trading summer interviews
A couple of weeks back, I conducted first round interviews for Sales & Trading summer internships. It made me remember the time when I was an ambitious yet relatively naive undergraduate trying to break into one of the London investment banks. For one girl I interviewed it seemed to be the first proper job interview [...]
MF Global Files for Bankruptcy – how not to lead a financial services firm as illustrated by Jon Corzine
Last week, I talked about my utter disenchantment with Rajat Gupta, former global head of McKinsey and ex-Goldman board member now accused of passing on insider trading secrets (a charge he denies). Unfortunately, this week we already have to move on to our next case study: Jon Corzine, former Goldman CEO, former governor of New [...]
Why you shouldn’t look at career statistics if you’re part of a minority
In almost every article on women in business or other minorities in business, you will have seen disheartening statistics. Only 2.5% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Only 9% of billionaires are women. Only 30% of UK business owners are women. Women earn 20% less than men. African Americans make up just under 1% of [...]
Interview questions to prepare for Sales & Trading interviews
This is a list of interview questions I prepared for applicants from my business school. Lots of questions are easy if you follow the markets and have been in the field before, but for career changers there is actually a lot to prepare! Also check out my sales and trading interview reading list! Technical questions [...]
The difference between the buy side and the sell side
Buy side/sell side joke Passed on to me by a friend on the buy-side (if an investment banker ever asks you to tell him a joke in the job interview, this may a a great one for him ). “What is the difference between a buy-side and a sell-side trader?” “One says “f*** you” and [...]
Weirdest questions from hedge fund and investment banking interviews
In 2007, I interviewed for hedge fund and investment banking jobs and was asked some pretty interesting questions along the way. I am sharing these so you are prepared and are not thrown off guard in your interviews. Overall I found the hedge funds much more innovative in asking questions, while the banks ask the [...]
What is a female-friendly career? Myths and reality. Or why trading is a great career for women
A couple of weeks ago, I met a friend in Hyde Park, and knowing that I was working in a male dominated environment and was interested in gender issues at work, she asked me what I thought about her cousin’s choice of career. Apparently her cousin wanted to become an anesthesiologist, but her mother had [...]
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