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Can I get a job in investment banking with a 2.2 or a 3rd?
Will banks look at my application if I have a 2.2 or a 3rd?
The harsh reality is that most big banks will discount anyone without a 2.1 degree, even if you have graduated from the best universities in the country.
Banks receive so many applications that they have to find methods to make a selection, and the first selection is based on academic performance. The worst part of this is that even if you get a postgraduate degree, banks will still look at your undergraduate degree and this will weight against you, even though this can be mitigated by outstanding performance in your second degree.
What do I do to get a job in investment banking if I have a 2.2 or a 3rd?
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. This is an extract of our Investment Banking Interview Guide, the section regarding international students and professionals.
Practive 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.
Goldman Sachs Interview: as a student, how to I make it to Goldman Sachs?
One of the most common questions that gets asked here: "How do I make it into Goldman Sachs?" Goldman Sachs is consistently ranked at the top of the investment banking league tables, attracts top talent, and pays the highest bonuses, so no wonder students and bankers all want to get a job at the prestigious investment banking firm.
Here are the tips we gathered from a "Goldmanite", who spent 16 years at the firm:
There is no magic list of courses, study, deals or anything else that will guarantee you to get hired by Goldman Sachs. Let me explain how this works:
1. Work like crazy to get into a great university.
Investment Banking Interviews Brainteasers
A question that we often hear about brainteasers is "how important is the ability to make quick calculations and solve brain teasers in investment banking interviews, relative to other portions of the interview?", or, simply said "How important are brainteasers?"
Brainteasers are not a major part of the interview process compared to your performance on the other parts, but they are useful for the interviewers for the following reasons:
1) It is another test of analytical ability .
Banks will test you in multiple ways, but sometimes, when they have to make the choice between several very good candidates, they will ask brainteasers to see who can do better.
2) Brainteases demonstrate how you can handle strong pressure .
