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If someone wants to know how one of those all-nighters in IB looks like, he should read this: http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-analyst-l

If someone wants to know how one of those all-nighters in IB looks like, he should read this: http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-analyst-life-worst-day/ http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-ana... I have cousin who worked for Nomura in London and 100+ hours per week are normal thing in IB industry. I doubt that all-nighters were mandatory for interns, but it is very competitive environment and there are dozen of other interns/students waiting for opportunity and ready to do it. Someone wrote its for the face-time but nobody pulls all-nighter for face time.

refurb 13y ago
One thing to remember is that a lot of those 100 hours are sitting around waiting. Not to say they don't put in a lot of hours, but a friend of mine (banking intern) was told a 7pm to wait for a signed document to be signed and faxed in. It eventually came at 4am. He basically sat around for 8hr waiting for it.