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𝟵𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗕 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗩𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝟱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀. 𝟭. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 "Assisted with financial modelling" tells a recruiter nothing. "Built a DCF model to value a £50m acquisition target" tells them everything. Every bullet point should show what you did, at what scale, and what it produced. Numbers always. 𝟮. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗩 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 The best CVs tell a story about how you’ve been building up to this application. Every experience connects to the next and builds a coherent picture of someone who has been working towards IB deliberately. If your experiences look random and unconnected to finance, a recruiter can't see the thread. You need to make it obvious why IB is the natural first step. 𝟯. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 At this stage in your career, one page. No exceptions. Two pages doesn't show you have more experience or interest. 𝟰. 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 Different date formats, misaligned bullet points, inconsistent bold or italics. Recruiters notice immediately. In a role where accuracy is everything, a formatting error on your CV is a signal about how you'll approach the job. 𝟱. 𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 Society memberships, investment competitions, personal portfolios, relevant certifications - these are what separate candidates with similar academic backgrounds. If your extracurriculars section is empty, that's the first and easiest thing to fix. 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝟱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲? 𝗗𝗠 𝘂𝘀. Follow The Analyst's Code for all things to help you land an investment banking internship. #InvestmentBanking #Internship #CVTips #IBRecruiting #BreakIntoIB