Comments on: How difficult is a career in investment banking? http://www.secretfinance.com/blog/how-difficult-is-a-career-in-investment-banking/ Thu, 17 May 2012 19:52:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Neil http://www.secretfinance.com/blog/how-difficult-is-a-career-in-investment-banking/comment-page-1/#comment-2630 Neil Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:29:30 +0000 http://www.secretfinance.com/blog/how-difficult-is-a-career-in-investment-banking/#comment-2630 It's not a rocket science but you need to be good with excel and have a solid understanding of finance. MBA not needed for entry-level positions.<a href="http://www.healthstorebargains.com/srch/srch.php?q=Headache"> Neil</a> It’s not a rocket science but you need to be good with excel and have a solid understanding of finance. MBA not needed for entry-level positions. Neil

]]> By: gen http://www.secretfinance.com/blog/how-difficult-is-a-career-in-investment-banking/comment-page-1/#comment-2629 gen Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:40:42 +0000 http://www.secretfinance.com/blog/how-difficult-is-a-career-in-investment-banking/#comment-2629 Investment banking is a highly competitive field. The job tends to require a fairly high skill set but the difficulty really depends on the position, being the head of an investment bank is a high stress position that is extremely difficult, hence the high wages they earn, in contrast working on the buy/sell side of things can be substantially easier. An MBA will open paths for you to get into large firms but Experience is what really matters in this field, its a long path to the top. in terms of math you can probably get away with a strong understanding of algebra, unless you work for a firm that employs complex formulas and computer buying and selling, and even then it is unlikely you would need more than algebra.<a href="http://www.resumeminers.com/Recruiting/Healthcare-Recruiting.htm"> gen</a> Investment banking is a highly competitive field. The job tends to require a fairly high skill set but the difficulty really depends on the position, being the head of an investment bank is a high stress position that is extremely difficult, hence the high wages they earn, in contrast working on the buy/sell side of things can be substantially easier.

An MBA will open paths for you to get into large firms but Experience is what really matters in this field, its a long path to the top.

in terms of math you can probably get away with a strong understanding of algebra, unless you work for a firm that employs complex formulas and computer buying and selling, and even then it is unlikely you would need more than algebra. gen

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