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Common mistakes in Investment Banking CVs
Getting a job in investment banking is a highly competitive process, which gives you little margin of error when it comes down to your resume. While there is no such thing as the perfect investment banking resume (banks will not expect you to have perfect scores, be the president of every club in your school and speak 5 languages), there are nevertheless common mistakes that applicants make and that you should avoid. This is our list of investment banking resume common mistakes.
1. Typos / grammatical errors
London Investment Banking CV Template
In the link attached is a template CV for UK investment bankers provided by our partner KEA Consultants. It also includes examples of transaction description for mergers and acquisition and leverage finance.
Click on the London Investment Banker resume template
What do I write in my "Personal Interests" section at the bottom of my CV
Many students that we talked to think that the "Personal Interests", "Other Interests", or "Hobbies" section is not the most important in your CV. Here is a CV tip: while it is true that your academic performance and professional experience matters, this section at the bottom of your CV is often critical.
Why? Because:
1. They show the bank how well rounded you are
Preparing your CV for Private Equity
If your ambition is to work for a private equity fund, not only must your resume go past the headhunters, which are notoriously picky about who they send for PE interviews, but it needs to get you a foot in the door of PE funds. Tailoiring your CV is a critical part of the application process, because it will be used in the numerous steps that will follow if you are invited for a first round interview. In the UK, Private Equity funds will typically look for the following qualities in your CV :
>> Business Judgement
>> Strategic perspective and understanding
>> Interest for investing
>> Raw intelligence
>> Analytical skills
>> Knowledge of finance, accounting and modelling
>> Strong communication and social skills
>> Existence of network or potential network, and "pedigree"
Interview tips for international students and bankers
International students, particularly those not perfectly fluent in English, face some additional challenges when applying and interviewing with London Investment Banks. Nonetheless, many have successfully been able to frame their international experience into a selling point during investment banking interviews.
Practice is even more important.
Try to practice with native English speakers. For improving your English, there is no time like present to start to speak English with native speakers more often.
How to answer "why investment banking"
For students and graduates, besides the technical questions,CVs, questions and brainteasers, this is a question you WILL get during asked at interviews: "Why investment banking?"
There is no engineered answer for this, but, based on our experience of interviewing candidates, the best answers are:
1) The learning curve in investment banking is very steep and you want to learn a lot and take on new challenges
