Online Resources for Investment Banking
While navigating the investment banking industry can be difficult sometimes, there is a variety of resources available online to help you succeed. To help, we've compiled a list of free resources to fit your every need, whether you're preparing for the recruitment season or are interested in learning more about investment banking in general.
Looking to gain more insight into what investment banking is? Check out these resources for some general information:
Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking, free for Harvard students
The Mergers and Inquisitions Investment Banking Recruitment Guide
Morgan Stanley’s The Big Picture: A quick guide to investment banking
Wall Street Oasis' Investment Banking Forum
Wall Street Prep's What is Investment Banking?
Find more information about top recruiters in the industry and their opportunities for students here:
There are numerous online and print resources that are available to help you prepare for interviews. These resources include common interview questions and suggested answers, as well as basic finance fundamentals to help you nail the technical questions. Here are a few that students have found helpful:
The 400 Investment Banking Interview Questions and Answers You Need to Know from Breaking Into Wall Street and Mergers and Inquisitions
Wall Street Prep's Top 10 Investment Banking Interview Questions
WayUp's Top Investment Banking Questions
Morgan Stanley's Interview Preparation
Breaking Into Wall Street's financial modeling tutorials and knowledge base tutorials
The Corporate Finance Institute's free resources and courses
Citibank's Interview Advice and Tips
Choose the ones that work best for you! Beyond online and print readings, your most valuable resources are friends and people in your network who are often more than willing to guide you through the process.
These are some of the ways Harvard students studied and prepared for their interviews:
Make your own study guide and practice.
“Just read all the threads that are like "100 most asked questions in IB interviews." Make your own study guide with sample answers. Rehearse your answers. Have a cohesive story of why you want to be an investment banker. Do you love finance? Then why aren't you in any finance clubs? Be able to answer all of these.”
- Analyst at Truist, Harvard Class of 2019
Don't underestimate behavioral questions.
“The M&I 400 Guide is a great resource. This guide is pretty comprehensive, so I didn't study other guides in great depth. I've also heard good things about the Vault Guides but can't personally attest to them. In general, I think nailing the behavioral questions is more important than mastering the technicals--your responses to the behavioral questions tell the interviewer who you are as a person, which is obviously crucial in the hiring process. I personally don't think it's the end of the world if you miss a technical or two because these things can be learned quickly.”
- Intern at BofA, Harvard Class of 2021
Run through interviews with a friend.
“I studied the basic and intermediate portions of the WSO technical interview guide for the technicals which was helpful. Some of the on-campus networking events have technical prep components which is a great resource. Also, what really helped me was talking to an upperclassmen friend who had gone through the same process. She supported me throughout the whole process, going over my elevator pitch, resume, etc.”
- Intern at Citibank, Harvard Class of 2021
Be able to talk about why you're choosing IB.
“The 400 Investment Banking Interview Questions & Answers You Need to Know is pretty helpful and covers a pretty wide range of both behavioral and technical interview questions. It's helpful to read even just for getting a better understanding of what kind of people are suitable for IB and what kinds of skills the job may demand.”
- Intern at BofA, Harvard Class of 2021
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