<p>Do companies like Mckinsey or Ibanking firms, come to Cornell for recruitment, and if so have Cornell graduates worked for these firms</p>
<p>Yes, AEM does incredible with recruiting. All of the consulting firms like McKinsey and Bain along with all of the top ibanks like Goldman and Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley, Merrill, Bear, Lazard all come to Cornell to recruit. Cornell does incredible with ibanking placement - tops in the ivies besides wharton. I am working in ibanking at Citigroup next year and had offers from merrill, deutsche, jp morgan, csfb, etc. for ibanking positions.</p>
<p>However, I will let you know that you have a better chance getting these jobs if you are in AEM as many of the top banks will recruit for all of cornell and aem specifically which means you are competing against a smaller pool of applicants</p>
<p>sports684,
What finance/investment clubs did you join and do you think they were important in getting your job?</p>
<p>Hey sports684, </p>
<p>Given your experience with interviewing at the bulge bracket banks, I was wondering what the interviews are like. Did you find them a bit intimidating or challenging? Did many of your colleagues in AEM also get offers from the bulge brackets? I'd greatly appreciate it if you could give me a few pointers. Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>The finance/investment clubs could not hurt, they could only help, but they by themselves will not get you the job...landing the first interview all comes down to an excellent gpa and/or great experience - many of my friends got offers to bulge bracket firms as well..but they all had excellent gpa's and summer experiences. The first round interviews are more behavioral to see if you are a good fit for the firm..the second round superday interviews in nyc are more technical with both finance and accounting questions.....however, you obviously get better and better at interviewing the more you do and cornell has a lot of resources devoted to this. The key is..just be yourself and don't try to impress the interviewer...they will see right through it.</p>
<p>additionally, read the wall street journal everday..being well-read is very key and a lot of interviewers key in on this.</p>