WSO Testimonials

Great service, followed step by step by actual professionals, which make everything clearer

Tim was able to leverage his extensive background in finance in conjunction to his lateral movement into banking to provide me with effective and actionable feedback with regards to my "Why Equity Research" Interview prep

Site has useful information but a lot of immature, toxic members as well.

Thank you for a brilliant site. Interactive ,informative and Patrick is an amazing resource.

Really great resource for all members of the finance community to share and gain knowledge. Personally, I’ve been helped by the market comp research, the insights by other WSO community members in similar industries to myself, and insights by members in industries I’m trying to learn more about/potentially break into.

More US Centric. Less tailored for applying to Singapore, Hong Kong's offices.

I like the community. When I had a question back in high school about financial careers, the replies were very helpful. A few of the threads that I looked at helped me get a good impression of the field. I'm not as active anymore since my career focus is on technical skills at the moment.

Efficient and insightful 7 stories review. Maximo is a great mentor and provided valuable advice.

WSO is one of the longest standing and highest value communities for people in the finance industry. It pioneered the salary data sharing that helped provide equity to everyone from analysts to presidents at different firms. It also remains one of the last places online to get really good, thoughtful advice from people who are actually in the industry and know what's going on. If you're in finance, you should be on WSO.

Shimeng was great to talk to about working in Investment Banking / Hedge Fund Management. She gave me insights into course selection, grade requirements and areas to develop to stand out as a recruit.

The information and guidance gave me invaluable tips on where we need to focus and has fast tracked my path on course selection for university and trajectory required for the goal of Hedge Fund Management.

Shimeng was flexible with timing considering we are on the other side of the world. We found Shimeng an ideal Mentor, very professional and engaging her expertise was so appreciated with providing almost a blue print and insights into the world of Investment Banking/ Hedge Fund Management.

Thank you for pairing me with Shimeng as a mentor

What impressed me the most was how WSO managed to find a mentor with a similar background and a plethora of innovative ideas.

I really enjoyed working with my mentor for my resume review. He took the time to explain why he made each specific change to my resume. I had my resume reviewed by hundreds, if not thousands, of people who work in finance and before the WSO resume review service, I thought that it would be hard to find improvements. However, he clearly knew what he was doing and truly perfected it.