[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"nav-categories":3,"article-breaking-into-investment-banking-from-a-non-finance-background":70},{"data":4},[5,37,57,64],{"name":6,"slug":7,"categories":8},"Productivity","productivity",[9,13,17,21,25,29,33],{"id":10,"title":11,"slug":12},17,"Branding","branding",{"id":14,"title":15,"slug":16},19,"Marketing","marketing",{"id":18,"title":19,"slug":20},20,"Work","work",{"id":22,"title":23,"slug":24},34,"Community","community",{"id":26,"title":27,"slug":28},21,"For newbies","for-newbies",{"id":30,"title":31,"slug":32},24,"Investment","investment",{"id":34,"title":35,"slug":36},22,"Finance","finance",{"name":38,"slug":39,"categories":40},"Tech","tech",[41,45,49,53],{"id":42,"title":43,"slug":44},28,"Technology","technology",{"id":46,"title":47,"slug":48},32,"Artificial Intelligence","artificial-intelligence",{"id":50,"title":51,"slug":52},26,"Security and protection","security-and-protection",{"id":54,"title":55,"slug":56},31,"YouTube Blog","youtube-blog",{"name":58,"slug":59,"categories":60},"News","news",[61],{"id":62,"title":58,"slug":63},18,"quasanews",{"name":65,"slug":66,"categories":67},"Business","business",[68],{"id":69,"title":65,"slug":66},16,{"post":71,"published_news":95,"popular_news":161,"categories":231},{"title":72,"description":73,"meta_title":72,"meta_description":73,"meta_keywords":72,"text":74,"slug":75,"created_at":76,"publish_at":77,"formatted_created_at":78,"category_id":34,"links":79,"view_type":84,"video_url":85,"views":86,"likes":87,"lang":88,"comments_count":87,"category":89},"Breaking into Investment Banking from A Non-Finance Background","Many graduates of Arts, Science, and other disciplines (apart from finance background) have chosen Investment Banking as their career.","\u003Cp>Hello!\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-1.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"174\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-1.jpeg\" width=\"290\" / alt=\"Breaking into Investment Banking from A Non-Finance Background\" loading=\"lazy\">\u003C/picture>Many graduates of Arts, Science, and other disciplines (apart from finance background) have chosen Investment Banking as their career. Though they had a 180-degree change in their career, they are successful in their chosen path.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Here are four professionals who came from a non-traditional educational background and stayed in Investment banking. Let us see how did they accomplish a career in investment banking.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>A. Medical School to Investment Banking\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>Recently, a graduate from medical school made into investment banking with a summer internship and a full-time offer.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-2.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"200\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-2.jpeg\" width=\"300\" / alt=\"Breaking into Investment Banking from A Non-Finance Background\" loading=\"lazy\">\u003C/picture>The professional became interested in finance while working part-time at a bar in the UK. He studied and completed two levels of CFA while running behind bankers and other professionals. Further, he worked part-time as a financial consultant for a med-tech startup, leveraged the experience to get recruited for \u003Cstrong>i\u003C/strong>nvestment banking roles.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>The crux here is, the professional used \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/how-linkedin-is-beneficial-for-the-growth-of-your-business\">LinkedIn\u003C/a> and cold emailed extensively to gain an internship in the healthcare team at a large bank. \u003C/em>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>He utilized the \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/top-10-startup-ideas-you-can-steal-from-successful-entrepreneurs\">opportunity in a startup company\u003C/a> and worked with finance and accounting tasks. He assisted professionals to research valuation multiples and fundraising for a project for free. Meanwhile, he completed his medicine too.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>B. Biology to Investment Banking \u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>The professional started his journey with Biology as a major as he has a family background of doctors. His roommate was an economics major. He started speaking with him, contacted 3-5 alumni in investment banking, talked to professors in the business school and switched to economics.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-3.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"160\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-3.jpeg\" width=\"300\" / alt=\"Breaking into Investment Banking from A Non-Finance Background\" loading=\"lazy\">\u003C/picture>He read about valuation groups and learned the skillset. He had a crash course in accounting, valuation, and financial modeling. Then, he joined a non-Big-4-firm and began networking for investment banking roles and won a full-time Analyst role at a bulge bracket bank after nine months.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>The interesting effort is that he spent 10-15 hours per week for emails, calls, and informational interviews. He feels valuation is great to start a career in investment banking. \u003C/em>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>C. Retail Job to Investment Banking\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>To get into investment banking without prior finance experience, the main gateway is to become the differentiator and captivate the bankers. Given your current situation, you might have to beat the competition by standing out from the rest.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>The professional we are talking about here was working as an employee at retail.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-5.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"177\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-5.jpeg\" width=\"285\" / alt=\"Breaking into Investment Banking from A Non-Finance Background\" loading=\"lazy\">\u003C/picture>He started his journey by starting an on-campus newsletter. It was a finance-themed newsletter, yet a proactive drive. \u003C/em>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Later on, he was able to land an investment banking internship and his onward journey into investment banking continued successfully.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>D. Engineering to Investment Banking\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>The investment banking professional here was an engineer with a quasi-technical experience. Also, he had an informal internship in a regional hedge fund. With this experience, he was able to write about investments, understand banker buzzwords, financial statement analysis, and so forth. This helped him to get the first round of interviews.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>He looked online to find banks in the area started making cold calls. After a long struggle, he succeeded to get an unpaid summer internship which he agreed. After that, he started networking through emails, calls and managed to get a lot of interviews – both informal and real.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-6.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"169\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-14/atg-6.jpeg\" width=\"298\" / alt=\"Breaking into Investment Banking from A Non-Finance Background\" loading=\"lazy\">\u003C/picture>He was networking a lot by speaking with CFOs, Associates, Analysts and many more who formed a chain to get an interview and at last, he landed a job in investment banking.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Continuous and aggressive networking was the secret to find a job for him. \u003C/em>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>The final takeaway\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>Networking works to fetch a career in investment banking. It is necessary to have an educational qualification (finance or non-finance), investment banking certification, finance-related certifications, internships, and all that we find in most of the reference content pieces.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Hard work and determination pay. \u003C/em>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>These professionals serve as practical examples where untired networking led them to an internship or a job – either part-time or full-time to start with. It is wise to use the alumni network, informational interviews, sessions, cold calls, or cold emails. Perseverance and continuous effort toward achieving the goal will fetch you a winning interview.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Thank you!\u003Cbr />\nSubscribe to our newsletter! Join us on social networks!\u003Cbr />\nSee you!\u003C/p>","breaking-into-investment-banking-from-a-non-finance-background","2022-03-04T16:05:49.000000Z","2022-03-04T08:30:00.000000Z","04.03.2022",{"image":80,"image_webp":81,"thumb":82,"thumb_webp":83},"https://cdn.quasa.io/images/news/DLhJAyqP6YUoeNl1wa4YKNvIhoDP3cDT1j8imsjP.jpg","https://cdn.quasa.io/images/news/DLhJAyqP6YUoeNl1wa4YKNvIhoDP3cDT1j8imsjP.webp","https://cdn.quasa.io/thumbs/news-thumb/images/news/DLhJAyqP6YUoeNl1wa4YKNvIhoDP3cDT1j8imsjP.jpg","https://cdn.quasa.io/thumbs/news-thumb/images/news/DLhJAyqP6YUoeNl1wa4YKNvIhoDP3cDT1j8imsjP.webp","large",null,3195,0,"en",{"id":34,"title":35,"slug":36,"meta_title":90,"meta_description":91,"meta_keywords":92,"deleted_at":85,"created_at":93,"updated_at":94,"lang":88},"Quasa Media's Growth Hacking Finance Blog","Trends in financial literacy. 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