What offer should I take for a sophomore internship?

Hey guys,

I am a sophomore from a non-target school with prior work experience in finance at Pfizer. Next summer I would like to get into <abbr><abbr title="investment banking division">IBD</abbr></abbr>. I do not know what the best internship opportunity would be for me. My choices are go back to Pfizer in New York, <abbr><abbr title="JP Morgan">JP</abbr></abbr> Morgan back office job in Newark, Delaware, Interpublic Group tax intern in New York or a boutique. Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful. 

Thanks

 
Best Response

For summer internships, the pecking order is generally:

BB IBD MM/boutique IBD (really these aren't too different from BB, I guess BB looks a bit better but still much closer than anything else on here) Related finance-type job or consulting Back-office

I'd strongly recommend avoiding the back office as it can be hard to escape from there and move up/out. Even tax would be better IMO. Pfizer is hard to say since I don't know what you'd be doing there. Corporate development? Sure, great. Marketing? Not as good.

But if the boutique is banking, that's definitely the best choice.

 

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