Investment Banking Recruiting Secrets of the Top 1‪%‬ Wall Street Mastermind

You probably already know that networking is an absolute necessity if you want to maximize your chances of getting selected for investment banking interviews.

You also most likely know that the first step of networking is sending cold emails to the banker to ask them for a quick chat.

If you haven’t been getting responses to your cold emails, one of the reasons is probably because your emails are too generic and cookie cutter.

But how much time and effort should you spend on customizing each email? What’s the pros and cons of doing that, versus just copy/pasting from an email template?

Hear this podcast to find out when you should be using each approach.

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Our client Nathan joined halfway through sophomore year as an international student.

Despite having someone who had never used WSMM warning him that the program was a total scam, he did his own research and decided to take the plunge.

Hear the difference WSMM made for him and how we helped him secure a banking internship despite a significant reduction in visa sponsorships during COVID-19.

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Our client Harrison joined WSMM halfway through his sophomore year in order to get a clear roadmap on how to maximize his chances of breaking into investment banking from a non-target school.

The biggest thing he wanted was efficiency in his preparation process, and that's what he got.

Hear how he was able to spend no more than 5 hours of free time studying technicals, and still got multiple internship offers.

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Have you ever had an interview that went really well, but you didn’t hear back for a long time?

You are probably wondering if you have been dropped from the recruiting process.

How should you follow up with them in this situation to see what your status is?

One of my students had the same problem with his interview process at Piper Sandler.

Check out the advice I gave him about how to follow up with the interviewer in a non-obtrusive way.

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Are you at a non target school that has very few banking alumni… and even the ones that are on Wall Street are not in investment banking?

One of my students asked me if a Sales & Trading alumni connection at Deutsche Bank can help him land a banking offer at Deutsche Bank.
Should he keep that relationship alive?

Hear my response to his question on how to logically think this through.

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Our client Sriman recently received an offer from an upper middle market investment bank despite only having a 3.5 GPA and not knowing how to network or answer technical questions initially.

Hear Sriman talk about how he was able to improve his resume, networking, technical knowledge, and behavioral interviewing skills all at once. You do not want to miss Sriman's advice!

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