A Cover Letter Template for Investment Banking

NOTE FROM WSO:

• 附加在bottom of this postis an investment banking cover letter template that is sometimes used forWSO求职信review客户。WSOhas decided to make it free in order to help those of you that can't afford a more tailored service.
• This particular cover letter template uses bullets to keep the points succinct and the format easy to read. You'll also notice that the header matches theWSOinvestment banking resumetemplate format.

IBCover Letter Advice from theWSOCommunity

Here's what you need to know about the cover letter.

CompBanker:

求职信几乎没有重量，除了使您有遇到危险的风险。使其非常简单，非常平淡，只是说所有通常的话。如果您有错误或提出令人发指的主张，您的求职信将被散发并嘲笑。

Why Do Cover Letters Matter?

就像@compbanker一样”说，您不会接受求职信的采访。求职信的目标不是单枪匹马地让您采访您的口才和宏伟的面试；这是检查框并确保它是足够适当，以至于不会让您陷入困境。

更少的是CLS

Our users shared great input on why 'less is more'.

BKM125：

您真正希望人们看的是简历。您的求职信的时间越长，您就会有错字或说些愚蠢的机会。只需告诉他们您要申请的工作，您与公司保持联系的人，以及有关您的资格的一些句子，并用坚实的简历锁定这笔交易。

K.I.S.S: Keep It Simple Stupid. Mention who you've talked to at the firm, your interest in the job, your qualifications, and briefly (very briefly) explain any gaps in your resume. (Avoid excuses, more on this later). Two or three paragraphs is all you need for that. Any more than that, and you're giving them potential reasons to ding you.

Here's some great advice from @blackice".

blackice:

您能做的最好的事情是丢下与您交谈的人。这样，我知道您已经完成了作业，我可以问您交谈的人聊天。我认为，当求职信专注于您过去的工作经验时，他们会更好，而不是关于您如何成为“努力工作和团队合作者，严格关注细节”的一般性和任意情感。

If you've talked to someone at the firm and they'd remember you, DO namedrop them in your cover letter.

Common Cover Letter Mistakes

qonnect.me：

这是我看到的错误：

借口：
“我意识到我的专业经验更多的是技术和缺乏财务。我相信这只是不幸的运气MBA在“大萧条”高峰期的计划。但是，我100％承诺并有动力证明自己处于财务状况。”

厄运？不，这是问题是卑鄙而难以阅读的简历，求职信和“研究报告”。我几乎可以肯定，只要您通过冷电子邮件发送我的工作质量，您就会成为一名可怕的员工。顺便说一句，您10年前从大学毕业。我记得其中至少有一些是非常美好的岁月。如果您是体面的一半，那么在这些年中，您可能会在该行业中尖叫。

请不要将所有情况固定在运气中，尤其是在求职信中。即使读者坚信运气，您也告诉他您不幸。谁想雇用不幸的人？如果您问我，看来子宫内的不幸连胜率始于子宫。

揭示您的无知：
Even worse than just plain ignorance, the below quote was from an attached research report that this guy wrote. Since he thought it was worth including, I assume the report was something he was proud of, but it was cringe-worthy.

“我在[公司]上提出了强劲的买入建议。编号以扩展到“报告”中列出的实际数字）。

123％的折扣？来吧。您不想在将其爆炸给数百名潜在雇主之前写的东西吗？任何阅读它的人肯定永远不会雇用您。

该报告绝不应附加。这使弱小的申请人看起来更糟。显然，他从来没有做过任何事情，只有对这些主题的“学习”。通过阅读报告很明显。他在股票上使用四种估值方法，其唯一意图表明他知道多种估值方法。

如果您正在考虑在向人们发送电子邮件时包括有关公司的研究报告，那是一种高风险策略。除非您从事专业的工作，否则您的研究可能很糟糕。如果对包括“研究报告”（包括“研究报告”）有任何疑问，请不要这样做。

(Side note: The research report had a lot of opinions and not a lot of facts, and it lacked connections between really basic facts about the current state of the business to the 'projections'.)

冰雹玛丽的求职信

If you don't think you have a chance to get the job, you can toss a Hail Mary with your cover letter. Here's a cover letter an audacious undergrad used in an effort to stand out and grab the attention of its reader. A big swing that's either a hit or miss. We don't recommend using this cover letter unless you lack the slightest chance of getting the interview in the first place.

Dear BLOCKED,

My name is (BLOCKED), and I am an undergraduate finance student at (BLOCKED). I met you the summer before last at Smith & Wollensky's in New York when I was touring the east coast with my uncle, (BLOCKED). I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to talk with me that night.

我正在写信询问可能暑期实习in your office. I am aware it is highly unusual for undergraduates from average universities like (BLOCKED) to intern at (BLOCKED), but nevertheless, I was hoping you might make an exception. I am extremely interested in investment banking and would love nothing more than to learn under your tutelage. I have no qualms about fetching coffee, shining shoes, or picking up laundry, and will work for next to nothing. In all honesty, I just want to be around professionals in the industry and gain as much knowledge as I can.

I won't waste your time inflating my credentials, throwing around exaggerated job titles, or feeding you a line of crap (sic) about how my past experiences and skill set align perfectly for an investment banking internship. The truth is I have no unbelievably special skills or genius eccentricities, but I do have a near perfect GPA and will work hard for you. I've interned for美林林奇（Lynch）在财富管理部门（Wealth Management Eviment），并在（阻止）上获得bob竞技体育游戏了投资银行级别，无论其价值如何。

我目前正在等待（被阻止）会计硕士课程的录取结果，如果被录取，我将在今年秋天开始。我还计划在我们在纽约谈到的硕士课程后就读法学院。对于我的信的直率性，我深表歉意，但希望您认真考虑将我今年夏天带到您的翅膀下。我附上了简历以供您评论。请随时致电（阻止）或（阻止）电子邮件。感谢您的时间。

Sincerely,

BLOCKED.

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2. 对团队合作不足。这个很重要。人们应该知道您能够与他人合作。这很容易合并，只需简要介绍一下您的团队结构以及为什么这是有道理的。