Copenhagen Business School to PWC | Chat with Frederik Bang-Hansen | WSO Academy

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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0:00.0	I actually also started by having a part-time job at a management consultancy firm, but later I recognize investment banking.
0:07.0	I started to know lots of research. I realized that there was this academy that could truly help.
0:12.0	I have three interviews. So first, you know, a personal interview and then, of course, a case interview, and then talking with the managing director.
0:19.0	Any advice you'd give to your younger self, kind of maybe when you were entering school or anything you would have done differently? Something I would always recommend also just to my friends at the moment is. All right, Frederick, thanks so much for taking the time to join me today. Yeah, of course, thanks for being you. So it would be awesome if you could give the listeners a short summary bio where you're from, all that.
0:39.1	Yes, of course. So my name is Raybreak. I'm from Copenhagen in Denmark. I'm of the fourth semester
0:46.5	of my bachelor in science in international business at Copenhagen Business School. And I've
0:52.9	done lots of work with the Academy.
0:55.2	The Academy has truly helped me land a job as an analyst at PWC in their corporate finance team.
1:03.3	So I'm doing this job as an analyst part-time as I'm also finishing my degree,
1:09.2	my bachelor's degree at CBS.
1:11.7	I've specially leveraged lots of the different courses of the academy, a network with
1:17.0	lots of the great mentors.
1:18.4	They have really helped me, progressing in terms of all the skills that are necessarily
1:23.5	know for these high finance jobs.
1:26.7	Yeah, so it's been a great experience and truly helped me to land hopefully my dream job.
1:33.1	I appreciate all the time words, but let's go back to hear your story.
1:36.4	So you're kind of what does, like, why did you go to Copenhagen Business School back in, you started in July 23.
1:43.5	So yeah, did you know that you wanted to do something in corporate finance kind of back then already?
1:48.3	Or, you know, let's know.
1:50.4	No, no.
1:51.1	Actually, I don't know.
1:52.1	I was very interested in finance and economics, but I did know that corporate finance and investment banking was the career I want to pursue.
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