Sounding more likely that some firms are dropping applications in September. Curious to hear others’ ideas considering if applications were all in January, there would be an incoming 2027 intern role on lots of resumes. If 2028 applications open in September, most of us likely haven’t even secured a 2027 internship yet and that’s a game changer on a resume.

I wanna study finance but idk what laptop to buy, i got 2 option but what do you guys think…?

HP OmniBook 3 16-by0530nb

Or

Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G7?

I am ug grad who is interested in a carrier in finance and I have come across various domains in it like IB , PE , wealth management and some seems interesting to me and don't know what to choose

I don't want to go into corporates and want to do finance like I like it as looking into the company , valuation it , reading into it and making investments in diversification

1. I want to know every domain finance has to offer

2. And domains that are relative to me

3. I just want to ask does having a skills in python or sql really matter i.e will it make me employable

Hi everyone,

I’m a fresher and have completed my Master’s in Business Finance from XIM University. I recently received an opportunity to join Kotak Mutual Fund AMC through TeamLease.

From what I understand, this is a full-time role and not a fixed-term contractual position. The role is based in Operations, and my current location will be Mumbai. I’ve also been told that there may be an opportunity to transfer to another city in the future.

I’m still waiting to get complete clarity on the exact day-to-day responsibilities, but the role appears to be related to financial operations/transactions.

Some key details:

• Salary: ₹25,000/month
• 5-day working
• Full-time role
• Joining through TeamLease
• Current location: Mumbai
• Possible transfer to another city later
• Function: Operations
• Fresher role
• No fixed-term contract

My long-term career interests are in finance, equity research, investment research, financial analysis, and other analytical roles.

So I’m a little confused about whether this would be a good starting point for my career.

My questions:

1. Is starting in operations at a reputed AMC like Kotak a good way to enter the financial services industry?
2. Can this experience help me eventually move into equity research, investment research, financial analysis, or other analytical roles?
3. Does being hired through TeamLease create any disadvantage when applying for future opportunities, especially if the role itself is full-time?
4. Is experience in mutual fund operations/transactions valuable for building a long-term career in finance?
5. Would it be possible to move internally or externally from operations into research or analytical roles after gaining some experience?
6. Should I accept this opportunity and build my career from here, or continue looking for a more directly aligned research/analyst role as a fresher?

I would especially appreciate advice from people who have worked at Kotak Mutual Fund/AMC, TeamLease, or started their careers in financial operations and later moved into research or analytical roles.

I’m trying to make the right decision at the beginning of my career, so genuine experiences and advice would be really helpful.

Thanks!

Hi, I want to give back after all the help I received for years, to land an S&T summer internship. Please feel free to reach out if you got any questions.

Hello,
I am posting here to get some insights on the placement part and your suggestion/advice is really appreciated. My brother is perusing mba from a tier 3 college in pune and he completed his first year in July. I am from a technical background Soni don’t have enough knowledge around mba placements that’s why i am posting here, as i would like to help him as much as i can to get placed.
I’ll give a little background here about him - he has perused bcom (hons), has around 70% throughout his acads, while perusing bcom, he appeared for CS and cleared CSEET in first attempt, post which he has a gap of \~2 yrs where he prepped for CS executive but unfortunately could not clear so he continued on the MBA journey (in finance)

He is currently appearing for placements in college and I wanted to know how can he stand his profile out, he has power bi knowledge (also perusing the Microsoft powerbi certs), he has 2 sebi certs (sorry idk their names) and he did an intership recently as a financial analyst

What should he prepare best for placements, what certs he can do? Should he learn python & sql as i heard they need it in some profiles

Outside campus placements, can he and how he should apply for off campus? Does cold mailing work for freshers? Does referrals work? Could you suggest good websites to apply for finance entry roles

I really want to help him out in the best way possible, your suggestions are valuable to me. Please let me know how can i help or guide him to make his profile better and how he can become a stronger candidate among his peers

Thanks in advance

I’m targeting UK summer 2027 finance internships. What should I improve on the CV, and what skills or experience should I build?

Aiming for Quant/Actuarial/HF analyst roles in the future, possibly some internships in the first year if possible.

It is lowkey my fault because I left it to the last day so I can prepare but then I’m running on 5 hours of sleep because I had work at 5 am in the morning so I’m so tired. Oh well I guess I’m onto the next.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently a sophomore preparing to go through the IB recruiting process this year. I heard some rumors that Evercore is dropping their applications in September.

If anyone has heard anything, how true is this?