How Do I Land An Investment Banking Internship With Goldman Sachs?
If you're looking for unique, strategic, and actionable tips to successfully navigate the recruitment, application, and interview process at Goldman Sachs, then this is the eBook you need to read!
Do you want to intern at one of the most competitive and professionally ranked firms in the world of global finance? Former Goldman analyst and recruiter Lisa Sun provides insider advice on how to land your investment banking internship at Goldman Sachs, and how this opportunity could turn into full-time employment.
The Best Book On Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Jobs is guaranteed to help you along the application, interview, and admissions process for both an internship and career in investment banking.
What's In The Book
- A step-by-step guide to the entire application process.
- List of research resources.
- Tips for making your resume and cover letter shine.
- How to tackle the interview process, along with sample practice questions.
- What to expect from a Goldman Sachs investment banking internship and career.
Here Are The Specific Things You'll Instantly Learn
- The 3 essential qualities of the perfect Goldman Sachs candidate.
- How to build your candidacy around the thematic core of those qualities.
- Why Goldman Sachs is so successful.
- How your successful candidacy mirrors their successful business strategies.
- What you should read as preparatory research.
- What the difference is between Goldman Sachs and their competitors.
- The good and the bad of working at Goldman Sachs.
- Why investment banking is a good career choice.
- The divisions, roles and positions at Goldman Sachs: Sales & Trading, Equity Research, and Investment Banking.
- The nuts & bolts of how the recruitment process works.
- How to make the most of networking events Who to talk to, and What to talk about.
- The details of the application process.
- How to make a killer resume & cover letter.
- Everything about the interview process.
- What to practice & who to practice with.
- How to answer specific sample practice questions.
- The qualities of a good interviewee.
- What the internship is all about.
- What the career is all about.
- The day-to-day of both internship & career.
- How to succeed at both internship & career.
- And the core cultural values of the firm & how it relates to your application!
About the Author: Lisa Sun is a recent Harvard Business School graduate and currently works as a Senior Associate at a secondary private equity firm in New York City. After studying International Studies and Business in the Huntsman Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Lisa worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in New York and private equity at TPG in Hong Kong.
For her MBA summer internship, Lisa worked in management consulting at McKinsey And Company. Lisa's passion is to help others succeed in their professional life. She was the Co-Captain of the University of Pennsylvania's recruiting team at Goldman Sachs and the Co-Head of Career Representatives at Harvard Business School.
Lisa is an active career advisor on Evisors.com, and plans on pursuing her passion further by volunteering as a career coach for New York-based business undergraduate and graduate programs.
Lisa currently lives in New York City with her husband and is expecting a new baby in October. She is looking forward to tackling the challenge of being a working mom.
Dear Readers,
Whether you're a current student just starting to explore a career with Goldman Sachs, or a few years out of school but considering a full-time analyst position, this book is your "one-stop shop" for all the tips and techniques you'll need to get that job and internship offer.
I've reviewed thousands of resumes and selected dozens of students for interviews; I will show you exactly what to highlight from your academic and work experience to catch a reviewer's attention. Don't have finance or work experience? I will explain what other characteristics to bring out from your academic and extra-curricular experience and even include my resume bullet points for reference.
I've attended numerous on-campus and networking events as both a student and Goldman Sachs representative, so I can teach you actionable strategies and things to say that will create a lasting impression with your potential interviewers. Feel uncomfortable speaking in groups where other people are acting like sharks circling its prey? I will teach you what research to do in advance and how to act in order to gracefully enter and exit these conversations.
Read on and I look forward to welcoming you to the Goldman Sachs family!
Lisa
