A Guide to Prepare for IB Interviews - New York University



The following are tasks that we recommend you to do in addition to the requirements set by the Langone Professional Development Program. The ones highlighted in green are “must do” and the ones highlighted in yellow are “recommended”, in our view.

Please note that in order to be successful, you need to set aside a tremendous amount of time to prepare and network through out the entire process, which means from now until the end of the year. There is much more to be done in addition to the requirements set by the LPDP. Therefore, plan ahead and start EARLY!

Suggested Actions / Use of Resources:

|Action |Resource(s) |Location of the resource(s) |

|Get yourself familiar |WetFeet Industry Guides |Click here |

|with all the resources |CareerSearch | |

|available to Stern |Stern Clubs | |

|students. |Industry Books, Guides and Directories | |

| |Professional Associations | |

| |Links | |

| |NYU Virtual Business Library | |

| |Publications | |

| |Career Reference | |

| |Workshops | |

| |Handouts | |

| |Assessment | |

|Change your email |1. Go to URL: |N/A |

| |2. Sign in using your stern id/password | |

| |3. Then click on “Personal Address” on the top menu | |

| |4. Change your email to FirstName.LastName@stern.nyu.edu | |

| |5. Click OK to save changes. | |

|Read |Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking |At CRC |

|Read |WetFeet Guide to Careers in Investment Banking |At Career Resource Center (CRC) or click |

| | |here |

|Read |Vault Guide to Finance Interviews |At CRC |

|Read |Vault Guide to the Top 50 Banking Employers |At CRC |

|Read |WetFeet Insider Guide to the 25 Top Financial Services Firms |At Career Resource Center (CRC) or click |

| | |here |

|Read |WetFeet Insider Guide “Beat the Street Investment Banking Interviews” |At Career Resource Center (CRC) or click |

| | |here |

|Read |WetFeet Insider Guide “Beat the Street II I-Banking Interview Practice Guide” |At Career Resource Center (CRC) or click |

| | |here |

|Read |WetFeet Insider Guide for each of the investment banks that are coming to |At Career Resource Center (CRC) or click |

| |recruit. |here |

|Visit |Website (career section and company info) for each of the investment banks that |Internet |

| |are coming to recruit. | |

|Watch |Accounting Review video online. |Click here |

|Watch |Corporate Finance with Professor Damodaran |Click here |

|Read |Interview Preparation Materials on GFA’s website. |Click here |

|Read/review |Corporate Finance course materials |Class Notes |

|Read/review |Financial Statement Analysis course materials |Class Notes |

|Read/review |Damodaran on Valuation (free online) |Click here |

|Research/ |Recent M&A transactions for each firm using Capital IQ (need to get a login at |At CRC / |

|Review |CRC), Thomson Research |Virtual Business Library |

|Identify and Locate |Stern MBA alumni using SWAP to identify and locate IB contacts at each of the |Click here |

| |investment banks that are coming to recruit. | |

|Identify and Locate |Part-time MBAs, Full-time MBAs, (even friends, and family members) who may be or|Networking. |

| |know someone who will be on the Stern recruiting team for the investment banks | |

| |that are coming to recruit | |

|Watch |How to Make a Career Transition to Investment Banking Panel video |Click here |

|Watch |Career Transition Workshop video |Click here |

|Watch |Strategies in Interviewing video |Click here |

Suggested Timeline/Action:

|From |To |Action |

|Now |June 2006 |Research the industry and companies by reading the suggested resources stated above. |

| | |Compare and contrast all the firms and know their unique aspects. |

|Now |August 2006 |Read and review corporate finance, valuation, and accounting materials (know your |

| | |concepts well). This is to prepare for the informational interviews and mock/actual |

| | |interviews. |

|July 2006 |August 2006 |Perform practice interviews with peers, CCWP, or coach. Review finance (valuation) and |

| | |accounting concepts. |

|August 2006 |Mid-September 2006 |Identify and locate Stern Alumni (use SWAP) and setup informational interviews with |

| | |alumni who are working at the firms coming to recruit on campus. Identify the people |

| | |(Stern alumni) that are on the Stern recruiting team at each firm. Start networking |

| | |early and meet with as many people as possible! |

|August 2006 |September 2006 |Visit the career section of each interested firm’s website, learn about each company, |

| | |and complete the online application. |

|September 2006 |October 2006 |Review on-campus presentation schedules and attend company presentations. |

|September 2006 |October 2006 |Network with the full-timer MBAs, part-time MBAs, and the company representatives you |

| | |met at the company presentations and look for company invite-only networking events and |

| | |attend as many as possible. |

|Mid-October 2006 |November 2006 |On-campus interviews |

|December 2006 |January 2007 |Companies extend offers to students |

|December 2006 |January 2007 |Report your status to CCWP |

|July/Aug 2007 |Aug/Sept 2007 |Training starts |

| | |* This is important to note for the 2007 September Graduates |

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