How This 'Non-Target' Math Major Broke Into Investment Banking (Starting in January!)

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Started late and still broke into Investment Banking. In this video, Liam shares how he caught up, navigated recruiting, and landed a real Investment Banking offer at Truist. If you feel behind in finance recruiting or internships, this story shows what it actually takes to break into Wall Street. Chapters 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Unclear Direction 2:09 - Turning Point 3:16 - Late Start 3:58 - Catching Up 4:41 - Application Results 4:56 - Doubt Phase 6:08 - Interview Process 7:16 - Post Interview Thoughts 10:27 - The Offer 10:53 - Advice 11:29 - Handling Pressure ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👇👇👇 Land a High Finance Job (IB, PE, HF): https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube 🚀 WSO Academy is a 12-week program designed to help you break into high finance — backed by an 88% placement rate and 879+ offers at top firms. What you get: • 💥 Job offer guarantee (Plus program) • 👥 100+ head mentors + 3,000+ professionals • 📚 Full course library (IB, PE, HF, modeling, interviews) • 🧠 1:1 mentorship + resume + LinkedIn rebuild • 🗣️ Mock interviews + technical + behavioral prep • 📬 Proven networking system + automation tools • 🏢 Internships to boost your resume This is for you if: • You’re not getting interviews • You don’t know how to network • You’re from a non-target / low GPA • You’re late to recruiting 👉 Join the waitlist: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #finance #investmentbanking #privateequity #hedgefund #consulting #venturecapital #wallstreet The Daily Peel Newsletter 📰 → https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/media

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0:32.5	So honestly, like freshman year, I pretty much was involved in nothing.
0:35.6	And then coming into sophomore year, I was like, damn, I really got serious about this. And I was not as prepared as I should have been for it. If I want to do this, I should do it now. If I do it and I fail, at least I ordered all the skills. That's kind of when I joined Walshid Oasis. That really helped me a lot to think about flying and being confident by my resume. That was like probably pretty game-chating for me. Any recommendations to people
0:56.9	that are kind of gone? helped me a lot to think about flying and being confident by my resume. That was like probably pretty game-jating for me.
0:55.8	Any recommendations to people that are kind of gone through a similar thing?
0:59.3	I think it's really hard to.
1:04.8	Okay, Liam, thanks so much for taking the time to join us today.
1:14.6	Yeah, of course. For a beer.
1:16.6	So it would be awesome if you could just start giving a short summary bio where you're from, all that good stuff.
1:20.6	Yeah, so grew up in New York City, born and raised my whole life there.
1:24.6	I decided kind of place Western.
1:29.2	Was I was all really interested in Math Necon.
1:31.3	So kind of naturally was really interested that here.
1:33.5	Yeah, kind of came here,
1:35.3	joined some clubs, joined
1:37.3	the Weatherhead Fund, which is like a
1:39.2	fund that we have on campus here.
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