4 Responses to “Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking, 5th Edition”

• By K. Valakuzhy on Jul 30, 2010

  This is a book written in very simple language, explaining the basics of investment banking. I liked the book because it is not very big, and everything is explained in very simple terms. Probably not the best choice for those who are looking to gain in-depth knowledge. Found a few typos here and there.
  Rating: 4 / 5
• By ST on Jul 30, 2010

  My goodness, where do I begin…TYPOS, GRAMMATICAL ERRORS AND A TON OF NONSENSE about life on “the Street”. I spent 5 years on Wall Street in various areas of the industry at 2 of the top 5 firms and another one of the top 10 firms. I bought the book because I thought it might give me a basic overview of other areas I might be able to move into and plan a stategy to do. Geez, I was awestruck at the amount of poor writing and overinflated depictions of life in I-Banking. Spare me! I was shocked that the authors made it out of high school much less college and prestigious business program. (I should apply to the school and tell them you can’t tell me “no” because you said “yes” to this guy, and look how he writes and openly acknowledges he’s an alumni member.) Spend your money elsewhere. Find folks in the business. You will fare much better. This should get negative stars for a poor attempt at a marketing/advertising book attempting to be substantive.
  Rating: 1 / 5
• By Toom on Jul 30, 2010

  Let me just say that there are waaay better books out there on the subject, even if you just want to get a brief rundown. And you needn’t even be a grammar nut like myself to feel antsy about when the next spelling or syntax error is going to show up, because there’s an average of one per page. Honestly, I couldn’t get through half the book, but I’m pretty sure there was nothing in the latter pages to make up for it.
  Rating: 1 / 5
• By K. Nygard on Jul 30, 2010

  This is the second Vault guide that I have read, and the second disappointment that I have had with this series. I really isn’t a career guide at all, just a very short back ground on what IB is. You can find a description of IB on the internet for free. The only redeeming value is the “day in a life of”, but even then, there are only a dozen pages or so. In all, you can find most of what is in the book for free on the internet. I won’t be buying any more vault products, as they have little information, and more pages of ads for other vault products than pages of usefull information.
  Rating: 2 / 5

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