Heading to business school to recruit for IB, but I don’t have a background in accounting, m&a, or financial modeling. Any recommendations for trainings/courses or books to help me get up to speed?

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Why would you want to go into IB? I did 1.5 years there and was very confident beforehand, but also came from an M&A and accounting background. I’m not trying to question you, but to understand why you want IB. How much do you know about it? Do you know the grind is 10x harder than consulting? More hours more knit picking more aggression shorter timelines more competition.

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In a similar situation. I have heard from some current friends in IB that BWIS or WSP prep courses are good. Shameless plug but happy to split up on prices if you are down.

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