Author Archive: Jessica Pointing
Practical tips to learn finance
Step 1: Read the ‘Vault Guide to Finance Interviews’ Step 2: Subscribe to Investopedia’s free ‘Term of the Day’ here. They basically send you a finance term each day via email. This will improve your finance vocabulary Step 3: Subscribe to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ($15 for 15 weeks for students) Step 4: When […]
Continue readingHow to break into finance
So far, there are three ways that I have been able to get interview opportunities with finance companies: Step 1) A Recruiter emailing me about a position that I should apply for Step 2) Searching through google and a company’s website for internship opportunities Step 3) Searching through my college’s career site How to get […]
Continue readingDo you have to be in a business club for finance?
Question: I recently was asked the following question: “I’m not really part of any business clubs. Do you think this will hurt me in the recruiting process at all?” My Answer: Short response: No Long response: If you are interested in getting into finance or consulting or anything business-related, then joining a business club would […]
Continue readingTips for the Career Fair
Recently, I was speaking on a panel along with recruiters and employees, and we were giving tips to freshmen for the career fair. Some of the tips I heard from the recruiters can be applicable to anyone for the career fair. So here are a few tips: Tip #1: Have a Strategy Don’t just aimlessly walk […]
Continue readingTips for Brainteaser Questions
Tip 1: Just keep talking Remember, the interviewer wants to see your thought process. This is very important to know. The correct answer is actually less important than the way you try to figure out the answer. What does that mean for you in an interview? That means that you should tell the interviewer your […]
Continue readingPrepare for a Strats (Quant) Interview
Step 1: Before the Interview – Preparation Before the interview, you want to prepare for different types of interview questions. In a Strats Interview, you will typically be asked behavioural questions, finance questions and technical questions (including brainteasers). Below, I show you how to prepare for these three categories of interview questions 1. Behavioural Questions […]
Continue readingStep 1: Make a list of universities
The application system varies widely across different universities in the U.S. Therefore, in order to keep organised and on track, you should create a list of all the universities that interest you. Do not worry if you have a long list of universities – you can filter them afterwards. How do you choose the universities? […]
Continue readingStep 2: Application Deadlines
Before you get started, you should know the deadlines. There are different deadlines that vary across different universities. The deadlines you should be concerned about are: The Application (including your information, essays, teacher recommendations) The SAT/ACT/TOEFL (these are some tests that you will have to take – we will go into more detail later) test […]
Continue readingStep 4: Create an application
Now, this is becoming more real. We are now going to create your application – don’t worry, we are not submitting it. You have a few more months until that comes along (if you have been doing this early enough). How do I create an application, you ask? Well, just as American universities vary a […]
Continue readingStep 5: Teacher Recommendations
An important part of your application is teacher recommendations. These are important because it is the only part of the application that is not written by you – which means that admission officers (people who look at your application) value teacher recommendations. In your application, you could exaggerate about how amazing you are, but if […]
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