NYU to Centiva | Chat with Pranam | WSO Academy

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode, Patrick Curtis, CEO of Wall Street Oasis, chats with Pranam—a standout student from BITS Pilani who transitioned from JP Morgan in India to a top-tier Quant Research role in the U.S. after completing his master’s in Financial Mathematics at NYU Courant. Learn how he navigated recruiting struggles, leveraged WSO Academy to refine his resume and networking strategy, and landed a competitive role in a tough job market. Packed with insights for international students and aspiring quants, this is a must-watch! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 👇👇👇 Land A High Finance Career: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube 🚀💼📈 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT IS WSO ACADEMY? It's a 12-week program to dramatically increase your odds of landing a 6-figure+ role in high finance... What’s included? 💥 GUARANTEED offer in high finance 🎓 Full course library for life (over $4k+ of content) 👥 Direct access to 1,300+ top mentors across banks & funds 📚 Tons of live training bootcamps (IB, PE, VC, Excel, etc.) 📄 Full resume rewrite + LinkedIn review (human + AI) 🧠 1:1 work with Head Mentors on TMAY + behavioral questions 🗣️ 6–10+ mock interviews, HireVue prep, Excel + logic assessments 🏢 Internship with WSO for resume branding 📬 Proven networking strategy & outreach software 🧭 Accountability coach & progress matrix 💬 Lifetime access to the exclusive alum Slack community 👉 JOIN WAITLIST HERE: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube 💪🔥 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IS WSO ACADEMY FOR YOU? Yes, if any of the below sound like you: ✅ You want to break into investment banking but don’t know where to start ✅ You've applied to 100+ jobs and heard nothing back ✅ You’re not sure how to network effectively ✅ Your technicals or behavioral answers need work ✅ You’re not from a target school or have below a 3.7 GPA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land A High Finance Career: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube WSO Academy is the largest online finance community with 1M+ members and 20M+ annual visitors. The 50+ head mentors in the program were handpicked from 1,300+ finance pros. They’ve helped thousands break into Wall Street careers over the past decade. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎓 JOIN WAITLIST HERE: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #finance #investmentbanking #privateequity #hedgefund #consulting #venturecapital #wallstreet The Daily Peel Newsletter 📰 → https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/media/newsletters/the-daily-peel 🎧 Listen to the Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wall-street-oasis/id1463441793 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nQxuApNXFkUSvojQGKyAQ?si=GrYh2zIHSsub8S8xIX0PjQ&nd=1 📚 WSO Resources: Courses: https://bit.ly/2ESzrv2 Resume Review: https://bit.ly/2Z0DFYq Mentors: https://bit.ly/3lIHoUi Events: https://bit.ly/350vMGd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📱 Follow us: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok → @wallstreetoasis

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Patrick Curtis, CEO and founder of Wall Street Oasis.
0:03.0	Today we have a great chat with Pernam.
0:05.0	Pranam is an Indian student that came to the US to pursue a master's in financial mathematics at NYU.
0:11.0	He went to a target school in India called Bits and ended up doing a full year at JPMorgan before coming over and transitioning for his master's here in the US.
0:19.0	But what I really like about this chat is how he realized when he stopped getting interviews in
0:24.7	January right after the initial wave of recruiting happened.
0:27.8	He didn't just keep doing the same thing that he had been doing.
0:30.8	He joined episode Academy and unlocked the next wave of interviews for himself and was able to
0:34.9	land an amazing role in quant research.
0:37.0	Enjoy.
0:53.3	Thank you. interviews for himself and was able to land an amazing role in quant research enjoy thanks so much for taking the time to join us today.
0:55.0	Thank you.
0:56.0	Thank you.
0:57.0	Thank you for your time.
0:58.0	It would be great if you could just give the listeners kind of a short summary by a 30
1:01.0	seconds high level, where you're from, all that good stuff.
1:04.0	Right, right.
1:05.0	So I've moved for my master's from India.
1:08.0	In India, I went to, I'm a dual major, so I did my undergrad in electronics and economics.
1:14.6	I wasn't really into electronics, so I just started shifting towards the finance side of things.
1:19.6	Back in my undergrad, we had this trading club where undergrad's managed a bunch of money from
1:25.6	Alums. That's what got me into trading and as a result of that, I got into quant finance.
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