Decision advice

Would appreciate your opinion on the following options I have (full time offers in NYC):
- Citi M&A
- Credit Suisse M&A
- Deutsche Bank M&A
- BarCap M&A role with Industrials
How do you see these offers compare?
thanks!

 
Best Response

CS>DB>Barcap/Citi

I am ranking Barcap that low because you are not guaranteed exclusive M&A work and even if you do get to work exclusively on M&A mandates, you will only have exposure to one industry. If you're interested in building up your M&A skillset, you are better-off joining an M&A group that works across all industries.

Whatever you do, avoid Citi like a plague. That firm is completely drained of junior to mid-level talent and is populated by bitter, angry people (almost all the analysts/associates/VPs I met had only been there for less than a year). I had a few meetings with them over this recruiting cycle that made me absolutely certain that I would never work there. The senior guys are nice enough though. Good luck with your decisions.

 
Malakari:
^Who are you to say avoid a BB like a plague? Do you even have a job in this industry? Going through your old posts the answer is no.

But go ahead and avoid this BB like a plague, I'm sure many other prospective monkeys would love to take your place.

I stand behind my opinions of Citi. It's a shitty bank with a relatively large collection of shitty people compared to other BBs. Good luck!

 

Thanks for opinions so far.

I also heard good things about Citi M&A. Even though the bank as a whole had troubles, Citi M&A is perceived as one of the top groups on Wall Street. There was also a post from former MS/TPG (if I remember correctly) guy, who put Citi M&A in top groups in NYC.

Any other perspectives? Especially how CS M&A ranks compared to Citi M&A?

Thanks again!

 

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