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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

in a field like biology or biomechanical engineering, you could be a strong candidate for biotech equity research groups. For example, in IB interviews, youll have to know about accounting, valuation/DCF analysis, merger models, and LBO models plus the usual fit/behavioral questions , your resume walkthrough , and a few recent deals.