Want to work in the Chinese mainland or Hongkong office of Goldman Sachs? There is no doubt that you have done very, very well. In 20 13, Goldman Sachs recruited about 2,000 analysts and received 43,000 resumes, that is, one for every 210.5 people.
In fact, the job competition in Gaosheng Greater China (Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong) is as fierce as in other places. We combed the resumes of 26 junior employees of Goldman Sachs University in China on LinkedIn, and found that they all have some excellent things in common.
Studying in these universities has a better chance to enter the investment bank.
If you want to be an analyst at Goldman Sachs after graduation (that is, an entry-level position), you must go to a top university. It doesn't matter where the school is, but it must be top notch. And if you want to enter the office of Gaosheng in China, it is helpful to have experience in studying in famous universities in Europe and America. Goldman Sachs basically only recruits graduates from top universities, such as Oxford, Cambridge, LST, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia University and University of California, Berkeley.
For most young people who work in the Beijing or Shanghai office of Goldman Sachs, their college time is spent in top universities in China, such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Fudan University and Shanghai Jiaotong University (Beiqing Shangcai Primary School is their target school). However, even if you don't go to the university favored by investment banks, it doesn't mean that the door of investment banks is closed. Tenenbaum himself is like this. He didn't go to the university that investment banks like, but he said that in order to break into the circle of investment banks, he had to work very hard to establish various personal networks. In other words, it will be difficult, but not impossible.
Which university you go to is very important for you to enter the investment bank. Michael who used to work in JPMorgan Chase? Michael Tarnum Baum is accepting the merger & In an interview with Inquisitions magazine, it said: "Most front desk employees have similar backgrounds: they come from Chinese mainland or Hongkong and studied in famous universities in the United States, Britain and Australia."
Studying these majors has a better chance to enter Goldman Sachs.
So, which major do you want to study and have a better chance to enter Gaosheng Greater China?
The answer is finance, mathematics or engineering. But we also found some graduates from other majors in the sample, such as management information system, international business and even materials science.
In fact, Goldman Sachs doesn't seem to care so much about the majors of recent graduates. James, the recruitment manager of the investment banking department of Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, published a question and answer on Goldman Sachs website 20 13, answering some questions that graduates are concerned about. Speaking of majors, he said, "We are very open. We recruit graduates from all majors, not just finance ..."
Moreover, contrary to people's imagination, an MBA degree is not necessary. In our sample, only three people have obtained MBA degrees. They are all managers, which is the usual starting level for MBA graduates to enter investment banks.
Internship experience is essential.
If you want to join the China team of Goldman Sachs, university internship experience is almost indispensable. An analyst working in a big American bank believes that if you want to enter an investment bank after graduation, you must have summer internship experience on your resume, otherwise the hiring manager of the bank will not include it in the interview list.
Before joining Goldman Sachs, almost everyone in our sample completed one or two internships. Sabrina Chan, an analyst in the Hong Kong office, is the most surprising. She completed seven internships before she started working for Goldman Sachs! Sabrina studied at Cambridge University from 20 1 1 to 20 14, majoring in economics.
For fresh graduates, internship is an essential part of their resumes if they want to work in investment banks. At this point, Goldman Sachs is no exception.
Generally speaking, if you want to enter an investment bank after graduation, *4 you can do a summer internship in this investment bank first, but the analysts we interviewed said that in fact, any relevant experience will be considered, such as internships in banks, private placements, investment funds and other institutions. After all, investment banks want to see that you are interested, enthusiastic and willing to pay for the financial industry.