London Investment Banking Recruiting

Here you will find everything you need to know about getting a job at a London Investment Bank and about the life of Investment Bankers in the City: The interview process, recruiting, exit opportunities, internships, assessment centers, CV and cover letters and a selection of useful links.

List of London-based investment banking headhunters
List of London-based boutique investment banks

Investment Banking Interviews

How to answer: why investment banking?
Investment Banking Assessment Centers: an Overview
Tips for investment banking phone interviews
How to answer: do you have any questions for me?
How to handle brainteasers
How to make it into Goldman Sachs
I have a non-finance degree, will banks be interested in me?
How important are European Languages for London Investment Banking
I did not do any banking internship: do I have a chance for the graduate programme?
Will declining an internship offer jeopardise your chances to land a full-time offer?
Will Investment Banks look at my application if I have a 2.2 or a 3rd?
Interview tips for international students

Investment Banking Internships

What do investment banking interns do
How will you get evaluated during your internship
Networking advice for your internship

Investment Banking Application Questions

Application questions: What is your toughest challenge to date and why?
Application questions: Who is your hero and why?

CV and Cover Letters

Investment Banker CV Template
Common mistakes in Investment Banking CVs
What do I write in the "Personal Interests" section of my CV?

Investment Banks Profiles

M&A League Tables 2010
M&A League Tables Q1 2011

UBS
Barclays Capital
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank

On the Job

What does an Analyst do?
What does an Associate do?
What does a Vice President do?
Best practices for analysts and associates
Appraisals: How do bankers get evaluated?
Golden rules of the investment banking analyst
How useful is the CFA for investment bankers?
Exit opportunities for investment bankers
How to resign from your investment banking job
How to find a job after being fired from your investment banking job

Investment Banking Lifestyle

Do investment bankers have social lives?
Investment Banking: London versus New York
Investment Banking in Hong Kong
Tips to stay fit and healthy as an analyst
Is Investment Banking tougher for woman?

Recommended Readings and Preparation Materials

Recommended books on Valuation
Recommended books on Investment Banking and Investing
Recommended preparation books for the CFA
Damodaran: links to financial models and more
News Now, minute-by minute M&A news
Finance Interviews and Commentary by Finance-Powerhouse: The Wharton School
McKinsey Quarterly, interviews and industry reports
Here is the City, news and gossip website

Insights from City Professionals

Barclays Capital M&A analyst
Macquarie Capital Infrastructure Analyst
The Carlyle Group, Head of Human Resources
Goldman Sachs, Head of Human Resources