I went to a career event at my school and a senior manager at a consulting firm was speaking there. We talked for a bit after and he gave me his business card. I'm looking for a summer internship - how do I make use of this card?

Also, do large firms/companies ever hire interns unofficially or is there too much red tape for that? I know that summer internship hiring process is finished for them but I'm willing to work without pay.

Thanks

Hey guys, I just got moved to the second round interview at VC firm for a summer internship. I got an email saying that this won't be a test of my VC knowledge, but skills that will add value to the portfolio companies.

I'm a sophomore engineer with no prior finance experience. Can someone please tell me if anything financial is likely to be asked in this interview? If so, what should I review?

Guys, I was fortunate enough to land an ER internship at KBW for this summer before my Junior year and I'm really excited to start in the beginning of June.

Since I am out of school and still have the rest of May, what can I read up on/do ahead of time? I have a basic understanding of financial modeling (DCF, comps & precedent transactions) but my understanding is that financial institutions are modeled using different metrics.

So I'm a Sophomore at a semi-target with a solid GPA and finance/accounting major stat minor. I'm doing a study abroad program through my school this summer where I work for Komerční Banka in Prague for 4 weeks (unpaid). After that I'm doing another internship with MSSB in my hometown for 7 weeks. Neither of these internships are anywhere near New York, so I'm wondering whether or not they will be value / what I can do to get the most out of them. Basically the goal is to help me get an internship in New York next summer.

Hey guys, I will be transferring to a top west coast university as a junior this fall and during the summer I have the opportunity for an internship at a small PWM firm. Do you think a sophomore internship is really all that useful, or would I be better off just taking a summer class?

I wanted to do an internship because I've heard sometimes people look down on transfer students, even from top universities.

Any input would be very helpful. Thank you for your time.

I very recently became interested in IB and have begun e-mailing and LinkedIn messaging MDs to try and get some face-time.

But meanwhile, I go to a non-target in Chicago and applied to internships available on my school's website. Which of the following would likely best serve me in getting an IB internship?

1. Jackson National Asset Management: Mutual Fund Operations Intern

2. Turtle Wax Corporate Finance Intern

3. Kannon Consulting "Assistant to the President"
Looks like a marketing-esque boutique consulting firm.

Hi! I'm an underclassman at a target school, and I interned at an ER firm for the past couple months. My last day for the semester will be in the next two weeks, as I have final exams after that.

I have a part-time internship at a different firm during the summer. When I told the vp I work for when my last day would be, he said that i would be welcome to come back during the summer if I wanted to. I didn't say anything definite then.

1) I have an interview for a public finance internship coming up, but my last day at the ER firm will be two days after the interview, so I probably won't know if I got it or not by then.

2) If I don't get the public finance internship, I would probably want to continue working at the ER firm part time.

So . . .

So I have a few questions. I'm graduating in a month from a top LAC in the west coast I have 2 most likely 3 job offers right now.

The first is a 3 month contract with a boutique consulting firm to work on 1 project over the summer. They work do most there work with 2/3 F50 companies. I would be put on a project, see how I do and then evaluated for a job when they hire in august.

The second is working as an associate at a mutual fund company. <1 billion in assets. Would be doing a little bit of everything. Same deal applies as the first.

credit analyst at a regional bank. Go through training then start working.

I'm currently double majoring in Chinese and Business Economics at a non-target school (Big 12 state university) and I am hoping to break into the consulting field. I just completed my first year, although by credit hours I just finished my sophomore year. I have already secured an internship this summer working in the Operations Process Improvement department (in-house consulting) at a large health insurance company. I understand being from a definite non-target certainly hurts my case, but I also have a 4.0 GPA and a 750 gmat score on my side.

I just started an internship in a corporate finance role at a big 4. However, I dont really have much to do, or if something very asinine. Supervisor tells me that people will come up to you with work but so far nothing has happened. So basically I sit at my desk doing nothing substantial and I'd hope to do something more meaningful in order to boost my CV.

Any advice what to do? I've asked people casually about the projects they are working on in order to hopefully get some role in them but nothing..

Hi guys, I have a superday there tomorrow. Dose anyone have idea what sort of questions I should expect them to ask, any general tips, and whether this is good experience for ib? Also, I will be coming from outside the city so how long should I expect morning subway commute to be (around 9)? What should I bring with me to the superday (I was just thinking a folder with paper/resumes).

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Brief background: I am a rising junior at an ivy and recently decided to major in Financial Economics. I haven't taken very many finance-related courses yet because of my late declaration of the major, and so I am wondering what classes I should take this Fall '13 and Spring '14 semester in order to make myself most competitive.

By the end of the Spring '14 term I'm planning to have completed Intro to Econometrics, Financial Economics, Financial Accounting, Statistics w/Calculus, and one or two other upper level Econ electives (in addition to Micro and Macro).

I was talking to a family friend and golf buddy over Easter weekend about internships as I'll be starting my first this summer. He was a sophomore dual finance and econ major like myself who had his first internship (IB boutique) the summer after sophomore year as well. He said it went well but he wanted a more diverse resume so the following fall semester he walked into a local financial adviser's firm and offered to work for free for a semester to get more work experience, kind of an unofficial internship. He was hired the next semester and ended up working full time with them while finishing up his undergrad. He then went on to law school and has been working with my father ever since.

Hi,

I am a sophomore at a semi target w/ 3.7+ wanting to do IB and here's the dilemma I'm in. At the start of this semester I had no offers for summer, I had multiple chances during my first semester but I'm a terrible interviewer and got nada. To give you an idea of my interviewing skills well I had a ib interview, 2 PE, an interview with a boutique PWM and 2 with BB PWM and couldn't get any, a joke right?

However, I got my story down and was able to land a NYMEX internship (business dev) and had verbally accepted the offer. The offer is for part time this semester and full time summer. I was still interviewing after I accepted the offer and actually got a PE internship for this semester.

Hey everyone,

I am currently a junior at a big state school and am having a really tough time landing a summer analyst position. I have a 3.7 GPA, and have previous internships at an M&A boutique doing some relevant work and pharma company as an accounting intern.

At this point, it seems I've run out of options. I have made it to Super Days with BAML for banking and BlackRock for PAG so I don't think I am doing anything terribly wrong.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I am in the process of choosing internships, and have one from a F50 firm, and one from a small IB Boutique.

As a sophomore, what would be better for me to pick if I want IB next summer? Now I hear people say "If you want to do IB, just take the IB offer".

Isn't the brand name of the F50 worth something? Isn't it a more "different" and "interesting" thing to talk about in interviews?

Is working at a small IB really worth that much? Doing IB work is really not rocket science- why would an interviewer care that I have done it for a summer in the past? Is the IB experience that valuable as a sophomore?

Appreciate the thoughts and feedback guys.

Suppose you have three internships all at good companies, is it time to remove the retail position that you did in high school off your resume? It would be for full time positions after this summer assuming current firm doesn't give an return offer.

No one ever mentioned it in interviews except one where they went went right down the resume from front to bottom and they didn't ask anything major.

My only concern is it would question if I had real job experiences other than internships and I like using the retail as a time when you had to deal with people who were mad.

TY

Hey guys,

I'm a soph at a Target currently doing a PE gig this semester at school. I'm interested in IB and Consulting. In case I can't get a boutique/MM IB internship whats a good internship that I should be looking for this summer? I have an interview with a BB in PWM soon and can probably secure that but it seems like PE -> PWM is going backwards.

I am currently seeking internship opportunities and to maximize my chances, I have been looking up people in various firms of which have internship opportunities available to possibly get in contact with them to show initiative and interest. However, what would be a suitable way to approach them? Can you directly be forward and ask an experienced person on how to best position yourself for the intern position with CV attached or just ask to talk about their experiences in the firm/industry over the phone?

Which way is best to reach out?

I'm interested in investment banking and was wondering if an internship at an online brokerage company (relatively well known) would be beneficial for my post freshman, rising sophomore summer. Or would PWM be better?

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I am a newbie on this forum, so please excuse me for any potential indiscretion.

I am a recent graduate on a gap year before joining one of the top-tier MFE programs. As an undergrad, I have majored in mathematics and physics with little exposure to finance. After failing a handful of interviews from top-notch IBs and consulting firms, I was offered an internship position from Deloitte Consulting FSG(Financial Services Group).

Do you guys think it will be helpful experience in terms of enhancing my general ability and building my career? At the moment, I intend to work as a quant or the like after obtaining the MFE. Any comment will be greatly appreciated!

I spent some time searching for this topic and couldn't find anything, so if this has already been addressed I'm sorry, but I'm going to be a freshman at a non-target next year, and would have the opportunity this summer to do some work for a local retail bank. Will having this experience to put on my resume help me leverage that into an SA position next summer? I know a lot of people on this forum preach that the freshman summer doesn't really matter but I want to possibly get BB SA my sophomore summer, so I want to get experience as soon as possible. My concern with the retail banking internship is that it will give the i-banker looking at my resume the idea that I think ib and retail banking are the same thing. Could that happen or am I just being paranoid?

I am a junior at a semi-target school. I had some ib interviews and some second rounds, but didn't get any offers. The interviewers told me afterwards that my resume in comparison to my peers really didn't cut it since it was lacking banking experience ( I had a real estate acquisition internship last summer).

Now I have an internship offer with a Valuation and Fairness Opinion firm in Houston. My ultimate goal is to get IB for full time, but I don't know how this experience would hold up during full time recruiting.

Here is a quick description about what I would be doing,

Hello all.

So rising senior at Cornell Uni here. Short version of story: Transferred in as junior, no prior finance experience (different major and career interests before I transferred). Got four BB interviews, no offers. One MD was kind enough to even tell me, performed well in interview, resume wasn't up to par. (junior doing his first finance gig).

At the moment, I'm reaching out to jobs I come across online outside of my career services (which doesn't really have much else.) Way I see it, I still have till June. A lot of positions are wrapping up and I know it. So doing everything I can right now. Applying to what is left, emailing Cornell alum, and started reaching out to PE/HFs offering to work for free over the summer for the experience.

I came into an ACC school as a Computer Information Systems major because tech has always been my specialty and hobby - I have worked at a computer repair shop for 3 years now and co-founded a tech start-up 2 years ago (I always used my tech skills to "set myself apart" in interviews). After three brutal, stress-filled months of the internship hunting process, I finally landed one of my top choices - a Summer Analyst with a top PB (JPM/GS/CS) in a regional office . I have enjoyed following the markets and researching companies since I was young and have worked in customer service since I was 15 years old, so this is truly the opportunity of a lifetime for me. Private Banking attracted me because of the better work/life balance, similar pay to IBD, and great MBA placement as well.

Meeting with a mid-market alumni (assoc.) this week. It will probably play out like your average meeting but it's getting pretty late so I was wondering if there is any good way to impress upon him that i'm looking for an internship quickly?

thanks

Any input on my resume is greatly welcome, I'm a college senior and complete novice at the employment market.

Current freshman at a top-5 school (lol guess) with a decent GPA (3.6). Right now, I have no offers from all the places I've applied, but that was expected given I'm a freshman.

I'm from the Charlotte area, and I know there are a lot of middle market firms. If I'm down to do something unpaid, "for the experience", how do I contact a firm/whom do I contact? For some firms - and these are very small firms, looks like the MDs graduated from where I am now.

As a freshman looking for an internship, just wanted some of your guys' thoughts on whether you think this is a good or a bad idea. There's a lot of posts looking and willing to train for finance roles and internships but not sure if these are easy to get or legit. Thoughts?