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&lt;p&gt;Although not &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; investment banking analyst who works in corporate finance or M&amp;amp;A for a&#160; bank&#160;puts in 80 hours a week constantly throughout the year, many do just that. According to our most recent surveys 35 percent of corporate finance bankers say they work more than 80 hours per week, while 60 percent of M&amp;amp;A bankers say they work more than 80 hours each week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you&#39;re wondering what&#160;a typical fourteen-and-a-half hour&#160;day looks like, here&#39;s a day in the life a corporate finance analyst (in his own words) who works for one of the&#160;most profitable multi-national investment banks in the world that is based in New York:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9:00 AM:&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;I spend the first 30 or 45 minutes of my day checking email and getting breakfast. Usually at this point an associate or director will be looking for me and we’ll have a quick chat about a deal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9:45 AM:&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;I have a video conference call—I have a lot of these during the day. The ones that don’t require your full attention allow you to work on other projects on your computer at the same time, which is nice when you know you’re going to be facing a time crunch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:45 AM:&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;I have a call with a client, which of course requires my full attention.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11:15 AM:&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;I have another conference call. It’s a good idea to have a good question ready when you get the chance so people know you’ve been paying attention. Once people see that you’re engaged with what’s going on, you tend to receive more responsibility.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:00&#160;PM:&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;I’ll grab a sandwich. In the summer I might sit outside for a bit. On Fridays we might even have the ability to sit down for an hour.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1:00 PM:&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;Someone might pull me into their office for a meeting. I’m finding out more and more that your physical presence at your desk isn’t required as long as you’re connected on your phone&#160;and getting things done. And as long as you’re responsive and hitting the deadlines you need to hit, no one’s going to give you a hard time.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2:30&#160;PM: &lt;/strong&gt;I get back to my desk and answer some emails that have piled up.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3:30&#160;PM: &lt;/strong&gt;Time for another conference call.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5:00 PM:&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;I do more work at my desk on models (in Excel) that I haven’t gotten the chance to finish today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:00 PM:&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;Order in dinner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8:00 PM:&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;Crank away on models.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11:30 &lt;strong data-mce-fragment=&quot;1&quot;&gt;PM:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;Order car service and leave for the day. Although the average time I leave is about 11:30 p.m., when I first started I had a few months of working to 4 a.m. every night. But I was encouraged not to do that. Now, sometimes I’ll come in earlier if I have to, but as long as the necessary work is done by 9 a.m. or so, nobody cares when you leave.&lt;/p&gt;

Derek Loosvelt

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