The London Banking Tour

Over the last long weekend (Thursday and Friday were holidays in Spain), as is tradition, everyone from IESE interested in a career in Investment Banking headed out to London to visit banks, meet the recruiters and speak to alumni to find out what a job as an investment banker entailed.

For me, there was a 2-fold benefit. Not only would I glean valuable information, I'd also get to visit some of my closest friends who're in London, but lets stick to business here.

Over the course of 2 days, approximately 100 of us (the biggest Banking Tour in the history of IESE) visited the who's who of the Investment Banking world, attended presentations, met alumni, toured trading floors and for the most part, convinced ourselves that this was the right job for us.

While each bank laid out it's own statistics about how they were better employers than the rest, what impressed me mostly was the number of people who put their daily lives on hold to speak to us, to clear any misconceptions and to promote their employers. Some even went to the extent of telling us what we should / avoid putting in our cover letters, things recruiters don't/ want to hear in interviews etc. Over all, an amazing value addition for someone like me coming from a non-financial background, who earlier wouldn't recognize a DCF if it bit me in the ass.

Pictures to follow!

(In other news, three cheers to IESE for coming out on top of the EIU Business School Rankings yet one more time!)

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