Investment Banking Recruiting For Beginners: How to Break Into Investment Banking and Clear $200,000 at Age 22 (Finance & Bookkeeping, Band 1) - Softcover

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Recruiting for investment banking is extremely competitive, with acceptance rates at top banks hovering around one to two percent. However, the process is not complicated if you know exactly what insiders are looking for. Written by Dave Bates—a former bulge-bracket investment banker who closed over $15 billion in M&A and equity transactions and spent two years as a campus recruiting captain—this guide takes you behind the scenes of the hiring process. Dave has sat on both sides of the interview table, evaluating resumes in seconds and deciding who walks out of a Super Day with a lucrative offer.

Whether you are an undergraduate or an MBA candidate, this book distills years of coaching and mentoring into a single, comprehensive playbook. It simplifies the entire recruiting machine into three actionable components. Inside, you will discover:

• Networking: The book provides the exact networking funnel to use. It also includes cold outreach email templates and a step-by-step flow to get in front of the right bankers.

• Behavioral Interviewing: It teaches how to brainstorm your core themes and avoid cliché answers. You will also learn how to structure compelling stories for "Why investment banking?" and "Tell me about yourself".

• Technical Mastery: The technical section covers accounting foundations and how the three financial statements connect. Furthermore, it details equity versus enterprise value, relative valuation, and how to build a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model.

• Resume Building: Discover the five rules for a banker-friendly resume. This includes leading with quantified impact to survive a 30-second screen.

• The 90-Day Plan: The final section is a day-by-day action plan to turn this preparation into a signed offer.

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