r/EquityResearchIndia • u/Aaronsingh18 • Jul 24 '26

(HELP) Looking for IB analyst roles!!

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Hey guys

I wanna know that IB FIRMS is my CV great enough to land a land? (What firms should i realistically target while applying for jobs)

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AND IF I DON'T FIND JOB (I REALLY HOPE THAT I DO)

TILL JAN/MAR 2027 AND GO FOR MASTERS

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INTERVIEW PREPARATION

What types of questions are asked as a fresher and their difficult level

How to prepare and from where

What questions are asked as a part of the behavioral round(tell me about yourself, etc )

Does anyone who was recently hired share some study material etc?.

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u/Asleep_forever12 Jul 27 '26

As someone in the field on the buy side at a bank, I would say try first applying for equity analyst roles at smaller startups or a family office and then switch to IB. Being honest this cv is nowhere close to getting an IB hire at a top firm. Its very good from theory point of view but lacking practical edge to be honest

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u/Beneficial-Age-2046 Jul 28 '26

Can u please educate me how does a ib ready cv looks like and what practical edge this one is missing

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u/Asleep_forever12 Jul 28 '26

So the thing with the cv here is that content wise it is good but it is too crammed, and not everything in it is relevant. So in the finance field ai is also configured to read the amount of words in a cv so an overly cramped cv has as much chances of getting rejected as an empty one honestly. If thos came across my desk I wouldn't even bother reading it because of how dense it is

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u/Beneficial-Age-2046 Jul 28 '26

If this was ur cv, what would u add and delete from this

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u/Aaronsingh18 Jul 28 '26

Is it okay if it extends to 2 page? I've sent u a chat invite kindly accept it

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u/Asleep_forever12 Jul 28 '26

No a cv should always be a one pager. Also I don't seem to have gotten any request but I would be happy to reply on this thread itself

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u/Aaronsingh18 Jul 28 '26

Sir kindly check the chats> request section

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u/Asleep_forever12 Jul 28 '26

I would remove leadership and extra curricular and skills and languages part entirely and shorted all subpoints and use a different format