A Day in the Life
Experience one working day as a Investment Banker.
It's Monday. You're an analyst on an M&A team in Mumbai. A live deal is in the market, and the day moves fast.
Scroll to live the day, hour by hour.
Deal team huddle
Standing catch-up at the desk, three live processes on the whiteboard.
Tools on this desk
Why this task matters
Banking runs on live deals, so priorities change daily. The huddle decides what your next twelve hours look like.
Update the comps sheet
Peer multiples refreshed against this morning's share prices.
Tools on this desk
Why this task matters
Valuation moves with the market every single day. Stale comps in a client deck is the classic junior mistake.
Did you know? Analysts often rebuild the same comps table dozens of times across one deal.
Build the DCF
Free cash flows, a WACC cell, and a sensitivity grid staring back at you.
Tools on this desk
Decision moment
Your DCF value is 40% above the market price. What do you do first?
No marks here. Only learning.
Why this task matters
The DCF shows what the business is worth on its own fundamentals. The sensitivity table is what seniors actually read.
Lunch at the desk
Fifteen minutes, one eye on the inbox.
Why this task matters
Hours are genuinely long in banking. Protecting small breaks is how people last more than two years.
Pitch deck production
Page 14 of a pitchbook: football field chart, three formatting comments in red pen.
Tools on this desk
Why this task matters
Pitchbooks are the product clients see. Precision in formatting signals precision in thinking.
Did you know? Deck formatting rules are so strict that most banks have a dedicated design team overnight.
Client call
Conference room, MD leading, you taking every note that matters.
Why this task matters
Juniors earn trust by capturing detail perfectly. Follow-ups sent fast are how you become the go-to analyst.
Due diligence trawl
Data room open, contracts and financials, a checklist you slowly tick off.
Tools on this desk
Why this task matters
Diligence is where deals are actually won or repriced. One missed liability changes the entire valuation.
Internal review
VP goes page by page, red pen on every second slide.
Why this task matters
Reviews are training in disguise. The comments you get twice are the habits you need to fix.
Turn comments
Quiet floor, headphones on, version control discipline.
Why this task matters
Speed matters, but a wrong number sent quickly is worse than a right one sent late. Check, then send.
Day complete
Cab home. Tomorrow starts again at 9:30.
Why this task matters
Banking pays well because the hours are real. Know that trade-off before choosing this path.
Did you know? Typical analyst weeks in Indian IB run 70 to 90 hours during live deals.
You finished the day.
You just lived one working day as a Investment Banker. Here is what you touched.
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After the day
Could you enjoy this career?
Answer honestly. There is no right answer.
Did you enjoy working with data?
Did you enjoy the spreadsheet and modelling work?
Did you enjoy the meetings and discussions?
Did you enjoy presenting and explaining?
Did you enjoy solving the decision moments?
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Answer all five to see your compatibility.