Interesting situation - Rising junior

I'm a rising junior in a position where I could graduate college a full year early and save $60k+. I'm currently interning at a solid MM investment bank in a major southeastern city and really like it there. At the time I submitted my resume, I said "Expected 2015." I feel like the other workers where I'm at like me and feel like I've done a pretty good job at the tasks that they have given me to the point where they could possibly give me a full-time offer. How would I approach this situation to say that I'm willing to graduate a full year early if there's a potential full-time offer starting next year? Also, this office I'm working at has only been in existence for 1 year and is very small. It literally is just 1 analyst and 1 MD, so I suspect that they may be seeing if I'm a good potential full-time employee for later (though they've never hinted at it).

 

How good is your relationship with the MD? You can always go and chat with him about future employment needs of the company.

Please consider the risks that taking this offer might mean for you. A) Missing out on another summer of experience/networking and the opportunity to work for a larger office B) What if the company decides to shut down the small office?

Just my $0.02

 

If you decide that's what you want to do, i think the pretty clearly right path to bringing it up would be talking to the analyst first (who I'm guessing you've spent more time with) and then getting his thoughts before broaching the topic with the MD.

Congrats on the cool opportunity, man

 

Kinghongkong makes some great points. This is a bit of a risk but there could obviously be some big advantages to getting in so early at a new location. Definitely do some due diligence but based on the situation, it sounds like you might have a great opportunity in front of you.

A couple counterpoints:

  • Missing out on your senior year of college to start a job early is a bit of a bummer.

  • Like kinghongkong said, there's definitely risk involved in executing this decision.

 

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