Internship job titles

Just wondering whether there is a certain etiquette for job titles. Obviously if you work over the summer at a BB the title will always be "Summer Analyst", but if I work in Finance during an other period of time for a few months can I call my internship experience "Spring Analyst" or "Autumn Analyst" or should I be using the word "Intern" instead for other internship experiences?

Can you call a position "Analyst Intern" or does it sound a bit weird?

Bit of a picky question based on preferences, but if there is some etiquette or guidelines for this when you have more leeway to decide for yourself what sounds best I'd be glad to hear your views on this.

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Mr.Saxman:
What about pwm experience? No bs cold calls, experience was portfolio analysis and do some analysis on stocks (the man asked me to help him pick...). Is analyst ok to put on resume?

Spring Analyst, Private Wealth Management and then under it you explain what you did.

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In short, it depends. I know of a few firms (banks) that will expect the formal title of your position. Background will verify that the stated position was held. Perhaps discuss this point with your firm to see whether you can write analyst on your resume. If not, point out the analytical aspects of your role in your resume.

P.s I think you mean summer/off-cycle analyst rather than intern analyst?

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Percy:

In short, it depends. I know of a few firms (banks) that will expect the formal title of your position. Background will verify that the stated position was held. Perhaps discuss this point with your firm to see whether you can write analyst on your resume. If not, point out the analytical aspects of your role in your resume.

P.s I think you mean summer/off-cycle analyst rather than intern analyst?

At the company im working for, every intern job title was listed as "Intern - XXXX department". There's no differentiation in job title between the interns doing financial work, or those doing marketing work. So two interns in a department (let's say it's the Public Works Dept.) will be officially listed as " Intern - Public Works Dept.)

I added the analyst part because that's pretty much what it is, financial analyst work.

 

Your position is as a PWM intern. That's your title. How hard was that?

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literally no one cares unless you are interviewing for FT at the same bank where you interned. Just put summer intern. I'd rather see some resume with that then some kid who tries to spin some title inflation b.s. when we all know he was doing data entry all summer. resume reviews out of undergrad are mainly 30 seconds looking for firm names, major, GPA, extracurrics. the interview is where you'll actually get into the content of what you actually did over the summer.

 

"Investment Banking Intern Analyst" or "Investment Banking Analyst Intern" (if you feel there's any difference, then you get to choose!).

I too did a full year (more than, actually) internship at a boutique during my regular undergrad. I posted my resume here and was told to use the above. It's an important distinction because YOU ARE NOT FULL TIME. Adding the word "intern" won't hurt your candidacy, in fact, it will probably make your boutique seem less suspicious (because otherwise, they're a weird bank that hires current undergrads for full time).

Also, I'm sure you have a lot to contribute, it's good that we have frequent posters that at least have some experience, but I really think you should reconsider the "Certified User" thing.

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Nouveau Richie:
"Investment Banking Intern Analyst" or "Investment Banking Analyst Intern" (if you feel there's any difference, then you get to choose!).

I too did a full year (more than, actually) internship at a boutique during my regular undergrad. I posted my resume here and was told to use the above. It's an important distinction because YOU ARE NOT FULL TIME. Adding the word "intern" won't hurt your candidacy, in fact, it will probably make your boutique seem less suspicious (because otherwise, they're a weird bank that hires current undergrads for full time).

Also, I'm sure you have a lot to contribute, it's good that we have frequent posters that at least have some experience, but I really think you should reconsider the "Certified User" thing.

Thanks for the advice. I'll use one of the above titles. I will be at an elite boutique (Allen, Blackstone, Evercore) so I don't think it will make the firm seem suspicious if I don't use intern in my title but I guess I'll play it safe.
 

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