The InsideIIM Career Guide

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What Investment Banking Is All About

What Investment Banking Is All About

Deal making is akin to a magic trick. Being an investment banker for better part of my post MBA life, I have participated in and witnessed many such conjurings. M&A transactions are intricate and tedious, sometimes taking well over two years to culminate. It is in the best interest of all the stakeholders to close the deal as quickly as possible. Enter the investment banker. The banker dons the hat of a magician and performs the most complicated of magic tricks possible in the financial and strategic domain. And as with all great magic tricks, there are three major acts — the Pledge, the Turn and the Prestige.

sougata roy
The Prospects Of A Career In Media - Rajit Desai, NMIMS Mumbai Alumnus

The Prospects Of A Career In Media - Rajit Desai, NMIMS Mumbai Alumnus

The entertainment & media industry is one of the most exciting industries in India at present. As per the 2015 FICCI Frames – KPMG report, the industry was sized at INR 580 billion in 2008; but had ballooned to over INR 1,026 billion in 2014; and is projected to grow to INR 1964 billion by 2019. This translates to 11.7% CAGR over the 7 years, and a projected 13.9% CAGR over the next 5 years.

Rajit Desai
What I Learnt From Taxi Drivers In Dubai - Strategy With RS

What I Learnt From Taxi Drivers In Dubai - Strategy With RS

I travel to Dubai often. And travel in cab to get around. I make it a point to strike a conversation with the taxi drivers to understand the way they think. Most of the cab drivers, I have met, hail from Peshawar. To them I pose 2 simple questions?

Rajesh Srivastava
What To Prepare On For Interviews - Tips From Aspect Ratio CEO Shivram Apte

What To Prepare On For Interviews - Tips From Aspect Ratio CEO Shivram Apte

In Part 1, I wrote about how the best interviews are those that leave both parties feeling that they have had an interesting, meaningful conversation. I thought I would continue the interview skills thread and write about some of the things that candidates might want to revise before they walk into an interview.

Shivram Apte
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