This file contains a description of a current Citi employee and description of the employee experience through a set of questions and answers. Citi has been able to do what few institutions have: provide the best of everything to all clients, big or small, public or private, U.S.-based or multinational. We excel in all products and services, and we continue to grow our offerings to meet our clients' needs.

]]> At the end of the day, it's very simple: I work with people who are extremely bright, motivated and interesting. Our work is challenging and provides us continuous opportunities for growth, but what really matters is that I work with people who I really enjoy spending time with.

]]> In the Industrials group, we are always working with various parts of the bank, including Equity Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance, Investment Grade, Asset Backed Finance, Structured Products, Liability Management, Private Placements and the Global Relationship Bank.

]]> As a business school student, I had the opportunity to take a variety of classes that would apply to my career in investment banking, whether it was finance or accounting, options or M&A. Though more theoretical, these courses provided a basis for understanding and discussing these topics. At the end of the day, Investment Banking ends up being its own school; in a very short timeframe, you learn more on the job than you do in any classroom.

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Name: Alexandra Ghashghai

Title: Vice President

Education: BA in International Economics, UCLA; MBA, UCLA Anderson School

Program: Investment Banking

Level: associate

Region: North America

What do you consider Citi's competitive edge?: Citi has been able to do what few institutions have: provide the best of everything to all clients, big or small, public or private, U.S.-based or multinational. We excel in all products and services, and we continue to grow our offerings to meet our clients' needs.
How would you describe your team and the people you work with?: At the end of the day, it's very simple: I work with people who are extremely bright, motivated and interesting. Our work is challenging and provides us continuous opportunities for growth, but what really matters is that I work with people who I really enjoy spending time with.
What other groups do you liaise with regularly within the Firm?: In the Industrials group, we are always working with various parts of the bank, including Equity Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance, Investment Grade, Asset Backed Finance, Structured Products, Liability Management, Private Placements and the Global Relationship Bank.
How do you apply your degree to what you're doing now?: As a business school student, I had the opportunity to take a variety of classes that would apply to my career in investment banking, whether it was finance or accounting, options or M&A. Though more theoretical, these courses provided a basis for understanding and discussing these topics. At the end of the day, Investment Banking ends up being its own school; in a very short timeframe, you learn more on the job than you do in any classroom.

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