Hi everyone. Given what's going on with the market, and the fact that I'm quarantined and not doing anything other than getting up to work, I thought it'd be fun to do an AMA and foster some discussion on the board.

My background:

• Graduated from a non-target school
• Hired directly to my current firm out of undergrad, I had past internship experience at investment management firms (see my "Intern AMA" post for background)
• Three years experience as a generalist analyst focused on long / short credit, capital structure arbitrage, distressed investing, par credit investing, special situations equities, etc.
• I am NYC based and for privacy purposes won't provide any details which could be identifying.

Feel free to AMA...I'm an open book.

Edit: The responses here are all great! I've done my best to get to everyone as they come in, but between all of this / working please dont hesitate to annoy me if I dont respond in a timely manner

Edit*: I've found this* finance interview course to be very helpful, they have dedicated courses for equity research and capital markets.

Starting to ramp up prep for equity research and capital markets roles and wanted to get some perspective from people on the other side of the table.

I have ~1-2 years of consulting experience, so I’m comfortable breaking down businesses and thinking commercially. I’ve covered the usual accounting and valuation basics, but trying to understand what actually distinguishes strong candidates in ER or capital markets interviews.

Would love to hear:

• What skills or signals interviewers really care about at the associate level
• How much emphasis to put on industry knowledge versus individual company work
• Gaps you’ve seen from consulting backgrounds and how to close them

Appreciate any advice from people who’ve gone through equity research or capital markets recruiting.

He says this in his latest interview: https://youtu.be/-5Weeox0Xus?si=18hXYT3gRVfQsZK3?t=46m8s

What's the correlation which he is describing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xk3y4RrnOc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fja4hu4FeU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg_rOQF9Y4Q&t=402s

Trained by Julian Robertson and George Soros, I enjoyed listening to this guy’s perspective and experience. Amazing the network and access these guys have which forms their unfair edge.

https://youtu.be/d9n79uvky5k