<p>I'm a Haas UG currently looking to assemble a strong, talented team of students for the upcoming Goldman Sachs Case Competition at Haas for Fall.</p>
<p>The case competitions are a prestigious, challenging endeavor where teams of four UG students respond to an investment banking case study by submitting a detailed presentation. It's a great way to get a taste of i-banking, meet recruiters from Goldman, and also have a chance to be selected for the Spring 2011 external case competition teams to travel the world and compete internationally. All expenses paid, of course!</p>
<p>One requisite to assembling a team is that one student needs to be outside of Haas; therefore, any major can participate. However, you should probably be at least a third year student with some economic classes under your belt - the cases are extremely challenging and generally involve security analysis and/or business valuation using a variety of methodologies, analysis of equity markets, and evaluating a company's short term and long term positioning.</p>
<p>I'm a transfer student with a significant amount of experience in real estate, finance, and analysis. Many of my fellow Haas students are interested in participating, but I would love to assemble the strongest team possible. Let's play to win.</p>
<p>Feel free to PM me if you think you'd be interested in participating and have what it takes. :)</p>
<p>Before anyone who has “what it takes” to be part of this “strong, talented team” PMs you, shouldn’t you provide clearer evidence that you yourself deserve to be on said team? How would we know you aren’t just gathering able minds to your group so you can chill and piggy back on the other 3 students’ success?</p>
<p>I’m not even going to bother. I already know over three teams with the best Cal students going to Haas who are competing in this competition. These guys all have had internships with BBs which asked case study questions during their interview process, and are insanely smart (most are double majoring some hard science with haas). Oh, and they were all leaders in their student organizations, all of which were legit, so they are very well connected. Good luck.</p>
<p>Besides networking and something to put on your resume, are there any hard benefits/rewards? I know “networking with GS bankers are rewarding enough” but I’ve always been curious.</p>
<p>Hey, I’d be happy to exchange more personal information on a one-on-one basis. I’m just exploring every single networking option I have at the moment during the summer.</p>
<p>Yes, other teams are experienced and well-armed - but the chances of winning without competing are zero.</p>
<p>As far as tangible reward: “Additionally, over $3,000 in awards will be given out and the final round participants will be eligible to be selected for the external case competition team(s).”</p>
<p>I saw this advertised last year when I was a freshman. I wanted to join but didn’t really have a team. I also realized that I would be completely unprepared.</p>
<p>What’s the best way I can prepare for these case competitions (the GS one, but also others and those which they ask in interviews)? I bought a book on banking and I’ll read that… I also follow WSJ and the Economist… and I invest with fake stocks on Google finance. not much I know. any other advice/resources?</p>
<p>The GS competition is particularly difficult. The E-Business case comp in Spring is a lot more accessible; if you’re starting from scratch, I figure shooting for a banking internship and reading books dedicated to financial and business analysis would be best. Resources like WSJ and the Economist are great, but you’re not going to learn the kind of valuation skills that you’ll need. </p>
<p>As far as interviewing goes, I think you should try to sit down with someone at the Career Center and do a one-on-one session. They offer appointments that are as long as 45 minutes where you can review your resume and talk about how to prepare for interview questions beyond the basics. :)</p>
<p>I recently completed my studies in Finance in Europe. I would like to participate in the team which you Haas13 want to build. How can we change email addresses that we can have one-on-one conversations?</p>
I’m just exploring every single networking option I have at the moment during the summer.</p>