My name is Patrick Curtis, and I'm the founder of Wall Street Oasis. Not that long ago, I was in your position. I had a stellar GPA from a prestigious school, was a top athlete and held strong leadership positions. In short, I was confident, flying high and ready to ace my interviews…

Except I didn't.

During my first interview, I found out the harsh truth… I was blindsided by a completely unexpected question. I had no idea what to do, so naturally I tried to B.S.

But my interviewer saw right through it.

I knew I was screwed… and I had nowhere to hide. Instead, I had to sit there, sweating through my suit, red-faced and humiliated, while he dragged me through the ringer.

This same scenario repeated again and again… And this doesn't include the hundreds of times I got hung up on, blown off or outright rejected.

While my friends were landing great banking jobs with huge salaries, I was one step away from the ultimate indignity: selling mortgages at a community bank and moving back in with my parents.

(In fact, one of my friends graduated from the top his class at Georgetown, but failed the interview process and ended up selling Carnival Cruise packages to Midwestern tourists. I'm serious.)

After months of failure, I finally decided to suck it up and take a hard look in the mirror. I realized I was totally out of my element and needed help. I went back and analyzed each one of my failures and reconstructed everything I'd done wrong.

And then I got a mentor… An alum to take me under his wing and show me the ropes.

Finally, after 130 hours of additional work over 6 weeks, I had one last opportunity… the last round of interviews…

The work paid off. I landed just 1 of 12 coveted spots at Rothschild's New York office.

After 2 years, I moved into private equity, doubled my salary and was finally living the high life.

This course is the result of that experience. With the help of our 500,000+ members, we've created the only crowdsourced Investment Banking Interview Prep Course on the market. I know firsthand how hard it is to break into IB… and I also know what happens if you miss your window.

And with the help of our members - and of the thousands of industry veterans, analysts and interviewers who have contributed to this guide - it's my hope that you can avoid the pitfalls I experienced, land the job you want and catapult yourself to the lucrative career that's waiting for you.