Hi, I'm a junior in college. I'd like to do investment banking post college. I'm wondering if you could recommend any finance book or any book that would be useful in the banking interview. I've read Corporate Finance by Stephen A. Ross. Is there any other book different from Corporate Finance but would be helpful to answer interview questions? Thank you very much for your kind help.

do you mean you want to be in corporate finance, or that you just want to work in an investment bank?

Check out Vault. They have some nice guides.

Jungle, I mean I'd like to work in an investment bank, and I've had some basic knowledge about corporate finance. but i want to learn more to deal with the interview so that I can break into i banking. Intoxicated, thank you for your advice. I think Vault books are well-written, but they don't seem very helpful.

aaron's comment about being "bright, aggressive and charming" pretty much sums it up. i would focus on things like: doing your homework on the company you are interviewing for; thinking about intelligent (non-standard) answers to questions you will be asked. these will likely be on topics such as: your interest in finance / investment banking / the company; your study, what you enjoyed, were good at etc; plus the usual stuff about where you want to be in 5 years, what you think you can bring to the company, what sets you apart, how you deal with pressure / stress / failure etc.you can anticipate most of these questions. you may get thrown a few curve balls (i once got asked in an interview what the most outrageous thing i'd done was). however, for an entry level graduate job, any finance questions will be pretty basic. a colleague interviewed for debt capital markets at MS, he got asked about what's important in pricing a bond issue; that is the kind of thing you need to know. and i would say being up to date about what is happening in the relevant market is more important than knowing lots of theory. nobody will ask you to explain M&M, but they might ask what LIBOR was yesterday. i hope this helps.

..i once got asked in an interview what the most outrageous thing i'd done was ..And what did you say, Jungle? PS This sounds like the start of a new, off-topic thread

Heard on the Street : Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviewsby Timothy Falcon Crackexcellent book to have if you are a job seeker. it gives you more than just quant questions.

Heard on the StreetP

For the interview it is really simple. You just have to convince everybody that you are attracted to investment banking for the intellectual challenge and the ability to be of service to customers and that the money really has very little to do with it.After all if you can't lie convincingly to them, how on earth will you be able to rape your customers?

read liars poker. there are some tips in that on investment banking interviews. as i recall, the most important is never mention the money. the other one i remember is mention the thrill of working with high calibre people.however, you may get asked if you are motivated by money. or you might get asked, as a friend did, would you accept £1m to not trade (or do M&A or whatever) for 5 years?