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RESUMES. NETWORKING. INTERVIEW PREP.

Build your career
in finance.

Prepare for finance recruiting with interview practice, resume feedback, and networking scripts. Explore the roles, then build the skills for your next step.

ACROSS THE WORLD OF FINANCE

Explore your options

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Build your skills

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Make your next move

FROM THE CANDIDATE INBOX

The next round starts
with an invitation.

Candidate-submitted interview examples.
Explore 15 firms. Read the original invitations.

Names and personal details redacted. Logos identify the firms in these examples; they do not imply endorsement.

15 recruiting examples · Swipe or use the arrows

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These examples show interview access, not job offers or firm endorsements. They do not establish that a particular product or service caused the invitation.

Find your preparation path

Goldman SachsVideo interview invitation

Invitation to complete a pre-recorded HireVue interview.Candidate-submitted example · 1 of 15Open full-size invitation

01 / FIND YOUR STARTING POINT

Where are you right now?

Different starting points.
One deliberate next step.

FIND YOUR DIRECTION

Find the work that fits your strengths.

Finance includes advising clients, running a company’s finances, managing risk, building technology, and investing. Start by exploring the work itself.

  • Compare the day-to-day work across finance fields
  • Identify the skills and experience you want to build
  • Choose a target role before planning your preparation
Explore finance fieldsBrowse resources for eight career areas

02 / FIND YOUR FIELD

Finance has more than one path.

Explore the resources available
for the work you want to do.

Investment banking · Corporate & commercial banking

Banking

Explore advisory, financing, and lending roles. Prepare for the work and recruiting process of the team you’re targeting.

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03 / A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR RESOURCES

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ACTUAL GUIDE SAMPLE
Finance Technical Interview Guide · from the public sample

Worked exampleFinance Technical Interview Guide

Page 7 of the Finance Technical Interview Guide: depreciation walkthrough, weak and strong answers

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04 / A STRONGER STORY, ON PAPER

Your experience.
Better articulated.

See an investment banking example from our resume library. Compare both versions of this fictional candidate’s resume. The rewrite brings valuation work, transaction context, and personal contribution into focus.

See the resume transformations
FICTIONAL CANDIDATE
Jordan Lee · Representative resume transformation

AfterIllustrative resume transformation

Fictional candidate Jordan Lee’s resume after the rewrite

AMBITION, MEET DIRECTION.

You have a goal.
Let’s make the next step clear.

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