WSO: Q&A: Ex-Apollo Associate

Hey {NAME}, It's time to unwind with your fellow WSO Monkeys! Make your way to 5th&Mad, NYC on March 29th for a WSO Happy Hour. - When: Friday, March 29th, 6:30-9p - Venue: 5th&Mad (7 E 36th St), NYC - How to find the group: Mention "WSO" or "Wall Street Oasis" at the door, and they'll direct you to where we are located. -Patrick TOP DISCUSSIONS 1) [No Tip for You - Why You Shouldn’t Tip Delivery Drivers in NYC](=) - "It literally costs me the same to order food delivery from UberEats and tip driver 10% (min suggested tip by Uber) as it is to go to the restaurant and buy the food and tip 20% to cashier (min suggested tip at the counter). But if I drive to the restaurant, I'll waste like an hour to drive back and forth and wait for my order and spend $15-20 on parking. Also factor in cost of gas, car amortization, risk to get into accident, etc." 2) [Ex Apollo Associate Q&A](=) - "Worked in Apollo’s private equity group for a few years post-IB..." New Investment Banking + PE Roles Open NOW - Application Tracker (US + UK) It’s the middle of recruiting season and you need to keep track of 500+ firms so you know when it’s time to submit your applications… for WSO Academy students, there’s an easy way to do just that. How? Because they have access to our application trackers (for the US and the UK)... every-single-day, we track these openings firm by firm so that they don’t have to… [image]( From Summer 2025 internships in the US, to off-cycle opportunities in the UK, we have our students covered. But now… There’s a way to get access to these trackers even if you are NOT accepted into WSO Academy. If you apply and complete a first round interview with us, we will give you access to these valuable trackers as a token of appreciation for your time (for the next 2 weeks only). Again, this is normally just reserved only for students in WSO Academy, so we’re not going to do this for long. Make sure to join the waitlist today so that you get your applications in on time… >> [Get on the waitlist]( << (below is an example of one of our daily updates to our students in our private slack community)... [image]( TOP DISCUSSIONS CONTINUED 3) [The Long Game - 20 Years Ago/20 Years from Now]( - "Had an opportunity to get the views of a co-founder of a MF a couple of years ago. In his words, he doesn't "get it" why all of the smart young people flock to PE. He said something to the effect of "30 years ago we were creating and building an entire new industry and that's what made it fun and exciting..." 4) [Infra Funds with Best Culture]() - "Based on reputation alone - I've only ever heard of KKR Infra and EQT as having good culture by infra standards. Both still terrible WLB of course, but supposedly good culture..." 5) [How To Become an HF Analyst Straight Out of Undergrad and How to Land HF Internships](=) - "The demand for these seats is so high, and the applicant pool large enough, that HFs are able to be pretty selective for any junior seat at any level. There is a lot to be said for grit, determination, and raw talent, but HFs can't do jack shit with potential..." 6) [Nepotism Internships](=) - "I’m in L/S so it’s pretty easy to do, pitch me a stock and talk to me about businesses, if you’re focusing on stuff that’s concrete and matters to the name vs some kid arguing “company is big and is doing AI stuffs” then I have a winner..." 7) [Was I in the Wrong Here?]( - "I asked her about the company, her process, and general advice for recruiting. Towards the end of the call I asked her if I would be able to talk to someone else and she was annoyed because it seemed "transactional" and moving forward how I should use these calls to gain information of the firm and not try to get my foot in the door..." NEW PODCAST COMING IN HOT - THE TRUTH About Enphase Stock: ENPH Earnings, Prediction & Analysis - Breaking Bullish: Why Market Sentiments Are Soaring - Why Did Adobe Stock Crash? - TikTok Bill: What's Next For Users? - Revealing the "world's most powerful" AI chip! - The Bank of Japan Finally Raised Interest Rates [image]() WSO ALPHA - LATEST UPDATES It's been a long time coming, but the WSO Alpha Tesla report is finally here! Let us know your thoughts - we want all the smoke, so don't hold back. Stay tuned for our next report...with a much much quicker turnaround! We uploaded the [January brokerage report](=) for those of you curious how we did. 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This Analyst position will be responsible for covering the Asia & Australia/NZ industrials sector with an emphasis on 1) transportation infrastructure and 2) clean/green energy & decarbonization equipment manufacturers and/or service providers. The Analyst’s coverage will be most closely aligned with our Global Infrastructure and Carbon Solutions strategies." [Research Associate (Large Cap Growth Equity)]() - "The Firm is a global investment management firm with over $180bn in AUM spanning across a range of various equity and fixed-income investment strategies. This position will support the Large Cap Growth Equity research team and will be responsible for coverage of growth-oriented consumer, internet, and media companies." [Associate - Real Estate Investment Banking - South Central US](=) - "It combines real estate and capital markets expertise and offers clients advisory services and investment strategies." 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