Level up your career in finance.
Practical guides for each stage of a finance career, from breaking into investment banking to the buy-side.
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74 - Education
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| Bank | Contact | Status | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst, TMT | Met | Thank-you note |
| Evercore | Associate, M&A | Followed up | Call Thursday |
| Lazard | VP, FIG | Emailed | Follow up Monday |
| Jefferies | Analyst, Healthcare | To contact | Find email |
| PJT Partners | Associate, RX | To contact | Ask for intro |
| School | IB alumni | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University | 7,500 | |
| 2 | Harvard University | 5,015 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 5,099 | |
| 4 | Georgetown University | 3,261 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 3,078 |
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Our 1-on-1 program for breaking into investment banking
Built by Ben, a former J.P. Morgan banker and recruiting captain. Coaching is private and 1-on-1, with bankers from the firms you’re applying to.
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- Morgan Stanley FIGHong Kong
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- Citi EnergyHouston
- J.P. Morgan HealthcareLondon
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- Goldman Sachs TMTSan Francisco
- Jefferies IndustrialsNew York
- RBC Power & UtilitiesToronto
- Bank of America TMTNew York
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Everything else is free too. Models, research, books and the full course, kept up to date for people breaking into finance.
All resources
Video libraryEvery video on the channel, organized by playlist.261 videos- Financial modelsExcel models for learning valuation, ordered the way to learn them.16 models
- Equity researchReal sell-side reports with the earnings model inside.20 reports
- Reading listThe books we recommend, with a note on what each one covers.16 books
The Investment Banking Recruiting Masterclass
The full course, free. About six hours, from first outreach to the superday.
Meet Ben Chon
“I’ve been on both sides of recruiting - the one sending out resumes and the one reviewing them.”
Ben is a former J.P. Morgan investment banker and recruiting captain. He started rareliquid to explain how recruiting decisions get made from the inside, and has since mentored 200+ students into investment banking offers from all kinds of backgrounds, including non-targets, laterals, and late-starters.
- Founder
- rareliquid
- Ex-IB · Recruiting Captain
- J.P. Morgan
- YouTube subscribers
- 270K+
- Deals closed at JPM
- $14B+
- B.S. Business Admin
- UC Berkeley
- MBA
- Wharton