Fellow GMATclubbers, I wonder how the rest of you aspiring IB professionals are doing in IB recruiting. At Yale, we still have 8 bulge banks coming to campus with 2 middle market and a few small firms. We are hearing they are still hiring about 15 with about 20 to 25 total offers from the class out of 25 interested in Corp Fin (class size only 190). This number seems high considering the market. How are other members/schools doing?

Hi guys, I'm an undergraduate and plan on applying for full-time analyst positions next fall. For those of you who have worked in IB, I would greatly appreciate any advice/suggestions you may have with regards to interviews and the industry from the undergrad perspective. If you're feeling especially generous shoot me a PM... I'd love to get your input! Thanks!

If I have a 670 on my GMAT, 1370 on my SAT, 3.79 GPA from a large state school, and 4.5 years of analyst / associate experience in the commercial real estate finance group at a top 4 bank, how do my chances to career switch into IB look? Please be honest. Posted from my mobile device

Really, none of that really matters. A 700+ GMAT helps in case folk ask. A's in accounting and Finance are important when in school. But to even get to that point, being able to talk the game, network, schmooze and just play the whole recruiting game of making connections is critical. The most perfect candidate for IB could easily get cut from every list by simply not knowing how to approach things.

On the topic of classes, should you retake Accounting if you plan on recruiting for IB, even if you can waive out of it?

Unless you are a CPA I would take it. Way too important to the job; they will likely press on the topics in interview and it would suck to be rusty. Accounting for MBA is often a lot more practical than practiced.

yeah, i would definitely take the accounting class. they want to know you're coming out with all the core skills.

I wanna revive this thread. How are UE and E schools doing in IB recruiting?

banks seem to be keen to start hiring again ... so i am guessing that is slowly feeding downstream across to all schools as better recruitment numbers

Definitely seen a lot more headhunters looking for lateral hires in IB and PE. This past summer recruiting session was extremely competitive in terms of getting the top choices for summer analysts and associates.