Corp. Finance to IB?
Anonymous Monkey
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on 4/24/12 at 2:02pm
How do I spin a IB internship and then having a Corp Finance role? Would this appear as if I'm not taking one direct path (If I want to do IB)
Basically go from IB --> Corp. Finance ---> IB





Depending on what your corp
Depending on what your corp fin role was, either play up your FP&A involvement or your industry involvement.
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It's a tough switch, because
It's a tough switch, because even if it's not true, people will assume you didn't get a return offer from your IB internship, and couldn't secure a FT offer elsewhere so you went to corp. fin.
it's hard to spin corporate
it's hard to spin corporate finance into IB because they are so different. As Nefarious mentioned, you're best off focusing on FP&A/other highly analytical roles.
Im still a Junior so I'm
Im still a Junior so I'm trying to gun for IB FT
you wanted to try ibanking,
you wanted to try ibanking, you wanted to try corporate strategy you liked Ibanking more...? if these are all internships its not hard to convince a recruiter of really anything and I don't think many will care