Wall Street Oasis

In this episode, Laura shares her path from Eastern Europe to a top target uni in London. We learn how she broke into investment banking, how she survived with ADHD and being neuro-diverse and eventually, how she broke into one of the top growth equity teams at a megafund.

In this episode, we hear about how Victor is settling into life in Southern California, even though his car was stolen. Also, a quick surprise promotion as well. Listen to find out how.

Another interesting chat with our intern group. To apply to join the team, apply here.

Another interesting chat with our intern group. To apply to join the team, apply here.

Another interesting chat with our intern group. To apply to join the team, apply here.

Another fun chat with the WSO interns.

In this episode, Carlos shares his winding road from a non-target school and graduating with a degree in Industrial Engineering to the finance world. We hear about how he went from grueling operations work and narrowly avoiding several restructurings to eventually obtaining an MBA from Booth and why he ended up in FP&A before transitioning to an operational PE role. 

We talk equity research, CFA and career paths in this weekly chat with the WSO interns.

Another fun sessions giving career advice to the WSO interns.

In this session, Victor gives us an update on his Series 7 and 63 exams and he tells us about the success he's had networking and as a result, a big internal transfer and move coming up soon.

Another fun sessions giving career advice to the WSO interns. 

Really fun session with the interns where we discuss everything from the Masters in Finance vs. the MBA, the CFA vs financial modeling training. 

In this episode, member RexBanner shares his unique path as an Anthropology major to venture capitalist. We learn that initially he wanted to be a lawyer, when he figured out that was not a great idea, the struggles he went through from a non-target for uni and how eventually he pivoted to management consulting out of the London School of Economics.

Wow, 200 episodes...super exciting journey with all of you, my listeners. THANK YOU. This episode we're having another fun chat with the WSO Finance Research intern team. Listen to some age old career advice and how to do coffee chats the RIGHT way and the WRONG way. Again, if you're interested in applying to this internship you can find a link in the show notes. LEARN MORE HERE.

In this short session, we catch up with Grace to hear how she's prepping for her real estate internship with Blackstone. We go over what she's currently involved in and give her a few tips to help her get ready.

In this episode, I'll be chatting with WSO's new finance research intern team and answering specific questions about the internship itself and we talk about the biggest mistake of applying for job online. If you're interested in applying to this internship you can find a link in the show notes. LEARN MORE HERE.

In this episode, Kevin shares his story coming out of West Point. We learn why he was interested in serving in the military, how many tours he did in Afghanistan, why he started his MBA online while serving and how he was able to land a role in private equity on a deal origination team. 

In this episode, member Real_Estate_PE shares his path coming from a top target school in Italy. We learn what he did when he got no responses for his Summer internship applications, how he was able to land an off-cycle internship at a bulge bracket bank, why he ended up in real estate and how he is headed to a megafund soon.

In this episode, I'll be chatting with WSO's new finance research intern team and answering specific questions about the internship itself, career planning and more. If you're interested in applying to this internship you can find a link in the show notes. LEARN MORE HERE.

In Part 2, we pick up from Part 1 and learn how WS is able to make an internal transition at his bulge bracket bank to get even closer to the actual trading, eventually becoming Vice President on the High Yield Credit desk before another sudden turn of events would leave him out of a job for 6 months. Find out how he ended up at an even better Bulge Bracket after a half-year hiatus, but this time...

In this episode, WS_PWND shares his background in classical music and performance prepared him for some of the most competitive jobs in finance. In Part 1 of 2, we learn about the accident that changed everything and the big break he got right after the Great Financial Crisis to land his first job in finance in the back office. Listen to hear how he turned that opportunity into his first of many t...

In this episode, Cocrew shares his path from a non-target university to a bulge bracket investment banking analyst role. We learn how he was able to land multiple relevant internships and how his networking emails yielded such a high response rate. Listen to hear how his first foray into private equity recruiting was a train wreck and how he turned it around only 4 months later.

In this episode, we follow Alex on his winding road through various VC and IB internships in college, including one at Goldman Sachs to his latest jump to the fintech space at Lex Markets. Learn what went wrong at the Goldman internship and the first start-up and advice to some of the younger listeners trying to navigate similar waters.

In this episode, Jonathan Kroll, partner of RareBreed VC fund shares his winding path coming out of UC Santa Barbara. From teaching himself how to code to launching two startups out of school to attending Cornell's Johnson School of Management for his MBA many years later, Jonathan explains how he successfully pivoted to venture capital by landing an internship with Andreesen Horowitz in their Mar...

In this episode, CapM shares his path from a top target in the UK to working in debt capital markets for an investment bank in Singapore. We learn why he moved to the UK for school, why he ended up back in Singapore and why he made the jump to Treasury for a large corporation in Hong Kong.