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Originally posted by collegegrl
How would you describe the "mold" of these banking firms? (Goldman, Credit Suisse, Merrill, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley...just to name a few..)
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Yeah so could you just name any and every bank while you're at it?
Goldman - Hey I'm a nerd and proud of it and would take a stabbing for the firm. I think regardless that I'm great.
Morgan Stanley - I'm "white shoe" great. This is actually a disappearing mold though.
CSFB is a bit European and Merrill and JP tend to be a bit more diverse except certain product groups have nerdier former accountant types, some have frat boys, etc.
The mold is hard to describe. It varies by firm, region, product group, industry focus, etc. These firms all look for the same things but there is just something that makes you look like you fit in with them and that's when they hire you. That's why most IB's do not give you quant tests. Only UBS and HSBC did that with me and only Deutsche asked me to talk about modelling. It's all personality after they realize you're smart.
-Rudey