City Investment Training

👀 Are you studying at Imperial and want a job at marquee banks such Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley or UBS❓

Next week I’m coming to campus to show you exactly how students are breaking in – even without previousinternships or perfect grades.

I’ll be running a live session:
“How to Break into Investment Banking – M&A Accretion/Dilution Analysis”

In 3 hours you’ll get:
✅ A step-by-step roadmap to go from Imperial to investment banking
✅ A live M&A accretion/dilution case study
✅ A Certificate of Completion in M&A you can add to your CV & LinkedIn

✅ Also access to my AI tools to:
⮕ Turn a normal CV into an IB-ready CV
⮕ Generate & refine fit + technical answers
⮕ Practise AI-powered mock interviews
⮕ Prepare stock pitches & deal discussions with AI

I’ll also share real examples of students I’ve trained who are now at:
🏦 Goldman Sachs
🏦 J.P. Morgan
🏦 Morgan Stanley and
🏦 UBS

Most started from non-perfect backgrounds – they just used the right preparation and tools.

📍 Location: City & Guilds Building 664, Imperial College
🗓 Date: 11th December
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

We’re expecting this to be over-subscribed, with more than a 100 students already signed up.

👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/em7B964c

See you at Imperial this week.

🔥 UCL STUDENTS – LAST CALL FOR TOMORROW's M&A Workshop.

Sign up link 🔗 at the bottom..

Want to use AI to actually get a job in investment banking – not just scroll “IB TikToks” and hope for the best?

Tomorrow I’ll be at UCL with the UCL M&A Group running a live technical + AI careers workshop designed specifically for students targeting ..
✅ Spring Weeks,
✅ Summer Internships and
✅ Graduate roles.

You’ll learn how to:
✅ Use AI as your 24/7 career coach
✅ Turn real IB interview questions into AI-driven practice drills
✅ Understand M&A accretion/dilution (the stuff banks actually test you on)
✅ Earn a CERTIFICATE of completion you can add to your CV & LinkedIn

📅 Date: Tomorrow
⏰ Time: 14:00–17:00
📍 Venue: Bentham House, Room SB31

I’ll also share insights from my time as Ex-Goldman Sachs / Barclays, now CEO & Lead Trainer at City Investment Training and how top candidates are quietly using AI to stand out.

🔥 Very limited seats – UCL students only.

👉 Sign up here (takes < 30 seconds):
https://lnkd.in/eDquyhY3

Tag a friend who wants to break into banking and come along together.

🚨 Warwick M&A Masterclass now overbooked – Only 1st come, 1st served🚨

Warwick students – quick heads up for tomorrow 👇

I’ll be on campus at Warwick delivering an Investment Banking Masterclass:

Exclusive M&A Workshop in partnership with WIB and City Investment Training.

We have more than a hundred students signed up for this course and the society is no longer taking new registrations .

💡 Whilst most internship and full-time graduate roles at the bulge brackets have now closed...

I’ll be going through in detail how you can still break into investment banking and private equity via the boutique and back door entries at marquee banks.

Over the last 15+ years I’ve worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and Barclays.

And spent the last 8 years training students who’ve gone on to win offers at top firms like...
💼 GS
💼 JP Morgan
💼 Morgan Stanley
💼 Evercore
💼 Rothschild
💼 KKR
💼 Bain Capital

Tomorrow’s session is designed to show you what actually matters in IB recruiting – not just what’s written on the website.

What we’ll cover:
💼 Careers in Investment Banking – what top banks really look for, how M&A teams operate, and how to position yourself in a competitive Warwick cohort.
💼 Core M&A Technicals – accretion/dilution, key deal drivers, and how to talk through real transactions confidently in interviews and ACs.
💼 AI-Driven Interview & Application Prep – how to research deals fast, structure strong answers, and use AI to sharpen your pitches instead of relying on generic guides.
💼 Free Access to industry leading AI driven IB Placement Platform for those who attend.

🕓 Date: 2 December
📍 Time: 4pm–8pm
🏛 Location: WBS0.04

We’re already overbooked for this session, so it will run on a first come, first served basis.

👉 If you want a seat in the room, make sure you arrive early.

See you tomorrow 🚀

🚩 Red flags you’re secretly built for Investment Banking 😂 😂 😂

Some people say they want IB.

Others expose themselves without realising.

Here are the red flags:

🚩 You enjoy Investment stories more than Netflix.
🚩 You feel uneasy when bullet points aren’t aligned.
🚩 You stalk M&A / PE deal news for fun.
🚩 You over-engineer a simple task… because “the model must balance.”
🚩 You say “send me the deck” in normal conversations.
🚩 You low-key love pressure, deadlines and being the person people rely on at 1:00am.

If you read this and thought:
“Okay but… this is me.”

You’re exactly the kind of crazy that does well in high finance.

Now here’s the catch 👇

Most students with this potential still get rejected because:
❌ Their CV doesn’t scream “IB-ready”
❌ Their technicals collapse in real interviews
❌ They don’t know how to position their story

That’s where we come in.

🎯 Join our FREE 2-Day ‘How to Break Into Investment Banking (Step-by-Step)’ course.

We’ll cover: CV, technicals, networking, interviews & real-life deal thinking.

Hit the link in my bio to join us for the free 2 day course on How to a break into banking. 💼🔥

🔥 Your LinkedIn Profile Could Be The Reason You’re Not Getting IB Interviews
Most students underestimate this — recruiters don’t.

After training thousands of candidates, here are the 3 profile upgrades that instantly make you look “bank-ready”: 👇

1️⃣ A Professional, Formal Headshot
Clean white background. Or a subtle finance backdrop — skyline, charts, Canary Wharf.
No selfies. No casual tops. Recruiters judge within 0.4 seconds.

2️⃣ Dress Like You Already Work In Banking
A sharp suit (yes, even a 3-piece) changes your perceived seniority immediately.
If you look the part, you become the part.

3️⃣ Keywords That Trigger Recruiter Searches
Your About + Experience sections must include terms like:
• Financial Modelling
• Valuations
• DCF / LBO / M&A
• Investment Banking Training
• Excel / PowerPoint / Accounting Fundamentals
If it’s not on your profile, it doesn’t exist.

Students who implement these three steps start getting more views, more messages — and more first-rounds.

⚡ Want the full breakdown on creating a high-converting IB LinkedIn profile?

Hit the link in the bio to join our 2-Day Free Course on How to Break Into Banking.

❌ Rejected Once. Five Times. Ten Times.
Here’s the truth most students never hear:

Rejection is not the end — it’s the beginning of your £100K banking journey.

Most people quit after a “no.”
Our students learn how to turn a “no” into an offer.

Here’s the exact playbook we teach:

🎯 Seek Targeted Feedback
Ask recruiters, mentors, analysts — “What EXACTLY held me back?”

🧩 Refine Your Approach
Fix resume gaps. Sharpen technicals. Rebuild your answers.
Small improvements → big jumps.

🔥 Stay Relentless
Every rejection is data.
Every “no” gets you closer to the “yes” that matters.

🏦 Reapply Smart
Start with boutiques. Build deal exposure.
Momentum beats perfection.

⚡ Rejection isn’t failure — it’s the first checkpoint on the road to a £100K banking offer.

👉 Hit the link in the bio to join our free 2-day course on how to break into banking.

If you want to break into banking in 2025, master these 5 skills before you send a single application.

When students ask me what really determines success in investment banking, they expect me to say Excel, DCF, LBO.

But the truth?
The analysts who rise the fastest all share five foundational skills — and none of them are optional 👇

1️⃣ Teamwork that actually works
In M&A, you win as a team and you lose as a team.
The analysts who thrive are the ones who support the deal, not just their own slide.

2️⃣ Clear, confident communication
You need to speak to clients.
You need to speak to your VP.
And you need to do it under pressure.
Great bankers communicate simply — even when the work isn’t simple.

3️⃣ Strong valuation fundamentals
If you can’t value a business properly, nothing else matters.
Your model is your reputation.

4️⃣ Ruthless attention to detail
The quickest way to lose trust?
A typo your MD catches at 1:00am that forces the entire deck to be rebuilt.
Great analysts spot mistakes before the mistakes spot them.

5️⃣ A work ethic that outlasts the job
IB isn’t 9–5.
It’s 12–15 hours, tight deadlines, and high expectations.
But those who push through earn faster promotions — and better exits.

At City Investment Training, we teach students how to build these five skills in a way universities never do.

If you want to break into investment banking with confidence…

👉 Hit the link in the bio to join our 2-day free course on how to break into banking

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Fancy tackling this real-life investment banking interview question?

"How Many Smartphones Are There in the UK?"

Interviewers often test a candidate's ability to think critically and structure a logical response.

Here’s a quick framework to help you shine:

📱Start with the population: The UK has ~70M people.

📱Estimate users: Assume 85% of people (aged 13–80) own smartphones.

📱Initial calculation: Multiply 70M by 85%, giving ~56M smartphones.

📱Multiple devices: Assume 30% own 2 phones (30% * 56M = ~17M).

📱Final estimate: 56M + 17M = 73M smartphones.

💡 Actual answer: 72M smartphones.

The key isn't getting the exact number but providing a logical estimate.
If your answer is within a 10–15% margin of error, you'll score top marks!

🎯 Want a career in banking or consulting?

-Start practicing your market sizing questions!

Join our 2 day free course on how to break into banking

Link In Bio

💼 Corporate Jokes Every Banker Knows

Because in banking… if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry. 😂

#1 – The Market
It’s like a rollercoaster.
Everyone screams on the way down…
But the smart ones already bought tickets for the next ride. 🎢

#2 – Mergers
Like marriages — great on paper.
Until the divorce costs start hitting the P&L. 💔

#3 – The Analyst Life
Convince the VP you did all the work…
Convince Excel it’s not broken. 🧮

#4 – The DCF
It’s basically a horoscope.
Everyone’s got one —
No one actually believes it. 🔮

#5 – Risk Management
Bankers don’t calculate risk.
They calculate how much of their bonus is on the line first. 💰

If you understood at least three of these…
You’re already halfway into investment banking. 😎

🎯 Join our 2-Day Free Course to learn all the tips and trick on how to break into banking

👉 Link in bio.

💼 Do you have what it takes to be an Investment Banker?

Let’s find out.
👉 7 tasks. 60 seconds. Go.

1️⃣ Build Financial Models
DCF, LBO, Comps — valuing companies and supporting live deals.

2️⃣ Prepare Pitch Decks
Client presentations. Market insights. Valuation angles that win mandates.

3️⃣ Research Companies & Markets
Dig into M&A activity, deal flow, and market trends.

4️⃣ Perform Valuation Analysis
Trading comps, transaction comps, and DCFs to estimate fair value.

5️⃣ Draft Client & Deal Materials
Write up transaction summaries that investors actually read.

6️⃣ Support Deal Ex*****on
Due diligence, investor calls, and data room coordination.
You’re the glue holding the deal together.

7️⃣ Review & Revise Deliverables
Update models and slides at 2 AM because the market (or the MD) changed something.

💭 Think you’ve got what it takes?

🎯 Join our 2-Day Free Course on how to break into investment banking —
and experience what the job really feels like.

👉 Hit the link in bio to get started.