Weirdest questions from hedge fund and investment banking interviews
In 2007, I interviewed for hedge fund and investment banking jobs and was asked some pretty interesting questions along the way. I am sharing these so you are prepared and are not thrown off guard in...
View ArticleInterview questions to prepare for Sales & Trading interviews
This is a list of interview questions I prepared for applicants from my business school. Lots of questions are easy if you follow the markets and have been in the field before, but for career changers...
View ArticleBusiness school applications drop – a great time to get an MBA!
According to new survey data released by the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), applications to full-time MBA programs have again dropped by 10%, following drops in applications in the...
View ArticleNobody gives you your dream job. You just make it.
Let me start with two quotes: The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ― Roseanne Barr This seems to be a variation of Malcolm X’s saying: Nobody can give you...
View ArticleTop MBA employers – where female MBAs want to work
I was just reading about all the great new tech start-ups and more really impressive women entrepreneurs (heard of Min Xuan yet? wow, I am so impressed, but I will leave that to another day!!) and it...
View ArticleMistakes to avoid when you start earning money
One year into my first job out of school, working as a strategy consultant for McKinsey, I had an epiphany. I was on a project with a retail banking client, and all the guys on my team were discussing...
View ArticleDoing good by getting rich: the 80,000 hours society
This morning, there was a very interesting discussion on doing good on BBC radio. The provocative claim of one Oxford based community is that you can do more good by becoming a banker than by becoming...
View ArticleJob search in a tough market: what to do when top consultancies and...
A couple of weeks back, reader Svetlana posted an extremely important question on my post what is a female-friendly career, and I want to address it at length today, because it is so relevant,...
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If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help you build theirs
I love this quote by motivational speaker and coach Tony Gaskins that I saw on facebook yesterday: If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help you build theirs. It is so true. The...
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Cracking the elite code: being at ease in unfamiliar territory
When you started your first job out of university, did you suddenly feel you had been thrown into a completely unfamiliar environment, also commonly referred to as “the real world”? Did you feel...
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