How To Turn SA Gig into Full-Time Offer
Hi guys,
With the summer coming up soon, I figured I would post on here looking for a little advice on how to turn my summer analyst position into a full time job offer. I thought it might be relevant for a lot of other readers as well.
I got a IB SA job at one of the BBs. I am really excited about the summer and hope to turn the position into a full time offer. I have heard the basic and generic things that I should do like work hard, show up on time, be polite to everyone in the office, and ask [smart] questions.
What I am really looking for is some more specific and less obvious do's and don'ts. Maybe some examples of small things that have killed past interns chances at an offer or helped there chances of getting an offer. I think it would be very interesting to here what VP's and MD's that make these offer/no offer decisions are looking for and what advice folks on here that have already gone through the SA process can give.
Thanks in Advance





Do a good job, try to make
Do a good job, try to make higher-ups like you. Get there early, be willing to take on extra work.
"It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous. "
Manage your own shit. Don't
Manage your own shit. Don't let your boss have to manage you.
1. Get along well with other
1. Get along well with other analysts/associates. Do NOT isolate yourself from the rest of the office and just sit in your cube all day cranking in excel. If you build a bond with your coworkers you could suck and still get an offer. This means if someone walks by asking to go grab some coffee, you go.
2. Better to ask too many questions at first then to not ask enough questions and get stuck doing something someone already explained to you.
3. Act like you enjoy being there at all times.
4. Do not let yourself get overly stressed and do not take little things too seriously. You will inevitably make minor mistakes along the way, just move on from them even if you get shit from associates. You are bottom of the todem pole and will get shit thrown your way.
5. Realize what you are doing is not rocket science and try to enjoy it.
Good luck.
Have a positive Attitude that
Have a positive Attitude that is contagious.
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#1 far and away is having a
#1 far and away is having a good attitude and actually wanting to be there (or at least seeming like it). Work hard but dont forget to have fun, meet ppl, go out with your fellow SAs. Those relationships are just as important as the office work.