Wall Street OasisReviews of wallstreetoasis.com

Excellent site. It was extremely informative in the beginning of my career when I was trying to get my feet wet and learn more about finance while at the desk. At times I learned more through the site than I did on the job. I appreciate all the community has to offer and the different perspectives that everyone has.

A great source of information for aspiring finance professionals. WSO gives you the unvarnished truth about firms and finance jobs, taking you past all of the corporate PR spin and helping you ace interviews. It's also a great way to ask the questions that you can't (or really shouldn't) ask your boss or coworkers, especially when you're just starting out in your career.

The only part of WSO that I used was the forums. I found them extremely helpful to get feedback and advice from like-minded individuals. WSO has done an excellent job in attracting people who're all going through a similar career experience so the forums were an excellent source of information for me. Honestly, it has been a while since I've used WSO though but I believe some of the interview prep was useful but not the best available. I remember I did use other resources for interview prep. I'd suggest having more industry specific technical questions which do get asked a lot in interviews. At least, I was interviewing for O&G and I remember a lot of the questions were very O&G specific; however, if I recall correctly a lot of the interview prep is very general.

WSO is a great resource for aspiring bankers/finance professionals and I doubt I would have got into this business without the content of this forum. Keep up the good work!

Interesting content, but I wouldn't recommend the platform if you care about your mental health. I was cyberbullied, and that had a very detrimental effect on my health. Thankfully I stopped using the platform. Embarrassing to think I used to be a contributing author.

I'm a veteran member of the WSO community (joined the forum in 2010) and have been active in various forms since then. I was previously a resume reviewer as well. WSO was integral in launching my career in the finance/consulting space, and even though I have since exited the industry, it continues to remain a fun place to hang out. 1 star off not for the fault of WSO so much as the population that makes up this industry; it is not always the most socio-politically correct and tends to use dark humor. This doesn't bother me at all, but I could see how it is not the most welcoming to all folks. Patrick (the CEO) and Andy (the COO) have steered this ship for over a decade and continue to remain engaged with the community, which is awesome.

It's been a good experience being able to help act as bumper rails in the bowling lane of these fresh out of school and entry level wallstreeters thinking they're going for an immediate strike and eventual perfect game. Being able to weigh in with some real world examples to show something they may have missed in their optimism just to urge some caution and prudence. The other senior members are also always helpful and polite. There's no real "flame wars" unless someone seemingly causes it on purpose. And honestly, sometimes we senior members do it to each other because we all get a good laugh out of it and it's a good way to make light of some of the real oddities we've come across to help shine some light for the younger cohort.

I came across WSO when I was studying at Arizona State University as a foreign student looking to break into finance. WSO+BIWS provided me useful information to get a career start and exit from finance. You will find answers if you have a question. the community is fun, sometimes trolls but that's why its funny. Wall Street is a joke and you simply can't take it too seriously.