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Financial Career Track #7: Private Equity

Posted on November 29, 2011 by aleksandra

  This week we’ll introduce you to the world of Private Equity (PE). Read on to find out about:   What is Private Equity? What key functions does a PE firm cater to? Which are the highest performing PE firms? … Read more →

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Financial Career Track #6: Technology

Posted on November 14, 2011 by aleksandra

Technology is the centre of our focus in this week’s edition of InterviewBay’s blog article series on Financial Career Tracks. Without the banking division of Technology, banks wouldn’t be able to execute the most difficult as well as the simplest … Read more →

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Financial Career Track #5: Risk Management

Posted on November 7, 2011 by aleksandra

  This week we’ll be putting Risk Management under our spotlight. Risk Management is the crucial force that keeps all of the functions in a bank under control. It is important to note that Risk Management is also referred to … Read more →

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Financial Career Track #4: Operations

Posted on October 28, 2011 by aleksandra

  Have you ever wondered who enables banks to function effectively and efficiently? This week we’ll introduce you to the financial division often labelled as ‘the engine of the bank’ – Operations. The article will answer the following questions:   … Read more →

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Financial Career Track #3: Wealth Management

Posted on October 6, 2011 by aleksandra

  This week we’ll introduce you to a field famous for being the rock star tier of the financial services firms: Wealth Management. This niche is also referred to as Private Banking and Private Wealth Management. In this article you’ll … Read more →

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Financial Career Track #2: Investment Banking

Posted on September 12, 2011 by aleksandra

  This week’s focus is on a very prestigious financial career track: Investment Banking. It is otherwise known as Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Banking, Global Banking, and Merchant Banking. This article will cover the following areas:   What … Read more →

Posted in Finance, Interview Tips | Tagged career, finance, investment banking | 4,348 Comments

All you need to know about the MBA: Part II

Posted on September 6, 2011 by aleksandra

  What are the benefits and costs of having an MBA?     In the second part of the blog series on the MBA, we will lay out for you what are the potential advantages as well as disadvantages of … Read more →

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Financial career track #1: Sales and Trading

Posted on August 23, 2011 by aleksandra

  For the next few weeks, we’ll be providing you with insights into different financial career tracks available on the job market. This week we’ll be tackling one of the most popular areas in finance: sales and trading. This field … Read more →

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All you need to know about the MBA: Part I

Posted on August 16, 2011 by aleksandra

Since the MBA season is very close at hand, we wish to present you with a small guidebook in the form of a 3-part blog series on the in’s and out’s of preparing for and studying an MBA.   This … Read more →

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An Insight into the World of a Strategy Consultant: Part III

Posted on July 15, 2011 by aleksandra

  This is the final article of the blog series ‘An Insight into the World of a Strategy Consultant’, which aims at clarifying the DOs and DON’Ts at a consulting job interview.       DOs     Point number … Read more →

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