Our client Kyle was a rising junior and the son of a long-time investment banker and private equity investor.

Ever since he was young, he's wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps.

Hear him explain why he decided to get help from Wall Street Mastermind despite already having his dad in his corner, as well as how we ended up with three different offers from top tier banks to choose from.

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If you have a first round interview coming up, you’re probably wondering what you should expect to be asked.

After all, it’s just a 30 minute interview, which goes by pretty quickly.

Is the 1st round interview more behavioral, or technical, or both?

Hear my thoughts on this question.

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One of the most popular questions I get from students is “Sam, what are the most common technical concepts I’ll get asked about in interviews?”

To be honest, you should learn everything no matter what, there really is no point trying to guess what will show up in an interview.

But what if you are short on time and can’t prepare for everything?

In that case, you’ll have to make some educated guesses and tradeoffs during your preparation.

Listen to this podcast to find out which technical concepts you are most likely to be tested on.

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Having a good elevator pitch is one of the most important things you need when it comes to networking.

It’s what establishes the first impression that investment bankers have of you.

A common mistake that people make when it comes to their elevator pitch, is not having enough “flow” in their story...

And it ends up sounding like an itemization of everything on their resume… which is honestly very boring.

Hear me coach a student on how to improve his elevator pitch.

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Recently, one of our students told me that he spends 1-2 hours preparing questions before each of his networking calls…

I was shocked because that is WAY too long - ain’t nobody got time for that!

Instead, I told him it should take no more than 5 minutes to prep for each call, and I walked him through a framework on how to do just that.

Click the image below to watch me give him this piece of networking advice.

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Our client Krish came to us as a junior trader/desk analyst on the leveraged loan desk at Cantor Fitzgerald.

He wanted to switch from sales and trading to investment banking, and wanted our help with the technical interview preparation process.

Hear him talk about why he chose to get our coaching, and why that was more effective than the interview guides and financial modeling courses he was using.

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You’ve probably experienced this before:

You reached out to a banker to network with them. The call goes well, you have a pleasant conversation.

At the end of the call, the banker tells you to “stay in touch” and that they’ll “keep you in the loop on hiring.” But they don’t offer to give you the referral.

What does this mean exactly? Where do you go from here? Was that a wasted effort?

Hear me coach our students on how to handle this common situation.

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A lot of times during interviews or even networking calls, you will get asked industry-related questions.

This is especially true if you’re interviewing for a specific industry coverage group (i.e. TMT, healthcare, FIG, etc.), or perhaps a smaller bank that only specializes in specific verticals (i.e. FTPartners for fintech).

In these instances, it’s important for you to be well prepared when it comes to answering any industry-related questions because that’s how the banker will determine if you have a genuine interest in the industry they cover.

So how do you do this? What questions do you need to prepare for?

Hear me explain this to one of our students.

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One of the most important questions that is guaranteed to come up in your investment banking interview is “why investment banking?”

If you can’t give a compelling reason for why you want to have a job that makes you work 80-100 hours a week, you’re not going to be hired.

What kind of answers are bankers looking for when it comes to this question though?

Hear me coach my student on how to improve his answer for this question.

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Situational questions are very common during investment banking interviews and you definitely need to prepare for them.

This is when the interviewer asks you “tell me about a time when you…”

One of the most important things when it comes to answering situational questions is choosing the right example to use for your story.

Hear me and my student talk through how to do this for “tell me about a time you solved a complex problem.”

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