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GS vs JPM vs DB vs BARX
Hi All Have S&T offers from all of the above.. leaning toward GS (because its GS) but I think that's stupid. Advice?
Offers and Deadlines
Hey guys, Thanks to everyone for your helpful comments on my summer internship search so far. I've a bit farther along than last time I posted, and I have a kinda complicated question I was hoping you guys could help me with. I had an interview with a really great company ( BO work mostly , but a...
Answering Questions
While I'm obviously not as knowledgeable as someone like 10xLeverage, I figured I might try to help out prospective bankers by making a thread like this. I received a lot of PMs over the last couple of days and thought it might be beneficial for people to just get that information out into public. I...
S&T: MS vs. DB
I currently have a number of offers, and am attempting to decide between two offers: Deutsche Bank Markets (an S&T position) and Morgan Stanley Fixed Income. Both are summer positions, for 10 week periods. DB is two rotations, MS is a single desk, though I've talked with several people and they can...
Help with an offer decision please. Urgent
Hi, I am deciding between two offers with deadline tomorrow. One is BlackRock Solutions Center and the other is quant investment analyst with Prudential fixed income. I am kind of torn and not really sure what to do. When I met with people from both groups, they all seemed very nice and the...
Timeframe for Receiving Offers SA
Hi guys, first post here! I went to a superday friday last week at a BB and still haven't heard back with an offer... How long does it usually take for them to get back to interviewees? Is this a good or bad or completely normal thing for me to have not heard anything yet? thanks!
How to turn down offers without burning bridges?
I got a couple of summer internship offers, and I pretty much made up my mind which IB to join. Now comes the hard part - how can I turn down the offers without burning the bridge? I might have to apply to those positions full-time next year. Especially for one offer, I got it back in December. I...
offers and Deloitte BTA
Hi all, I am a ug junior recruiting for summer internships Recently, I landed some offers and am not sure which one to choose I did not even get to the first round with BCG or BAIN. McKinsey doesn't recruit with my school. I believe the lack of leadership experiences coupled with bad SAT scores...
Opinions on Offers?
I have offers from the following companies for FT positions out of undergrad: 1) An MBB 2) IBM GBS Public Sector 3) Booz Allen Hamilton - division related to IT/Systems development; info about BAH in general would also be appreciated I would like to learn more about the following factors at these...
Summer Analyst following Fall Offers
Does anyone know how hard/rare it is to get asked to begin working the fall immediately after your summer analyst internship ends (i.e.: forgo your senior year)? I have two friends who had this happen to them, though both turned it down, and I was just wondering how common/uncommon this practice is....
Help me out on offers. F500 or keep hustling?
Hi Guys, Long time stalker, and barely posted. I've got a dilemma. Was just offered a product management internship at a top tech company (think RIM), however it is 8 months long. I have always wanted to get into banking, but after networking extremely hard, and reaching out to everyone imaginable,...
Senior starting late for FT Offers
Hey all, I've been around this board for a while just reading through, but didn't actually start pursuing the IB field until recently. Currently I am at a non-target school, UC Riverside, with a 3.38cumgpa and 3.51majorgpa (1 hour away from LA). I am aggressively cold calling and emailing however i...
Help! Offer Decisions
Hey all, So here are the offers that I have: BB DCM -firm with lots of deal flow BB Equity Research-firm with top ER as rated by Institutional Investor BB Corp Fin-treasury/business strategy Houlihan Lokey FAS Prudential -Buyside Credit Research-high yield/grade *Exxon Mobil-Treasury
I have 2 offers .. what do y'all think?
I have an offer from Stifel Nicolaus for their IBD office in Baltimore. I also have an offer from Ewing Bemiss , its a boutique in Richmond with about 20 bankers. I liked the guys at Ewing Bemiss more, but I feel like Stifel would provide me with better exit opportunities. What do you guys think?...
TTM
TTM = Most Recent Fiscal Year + New Partial Period – Old Partial Period Can someone explain this concept with numbers and a scenario ?
Barclays Sales 10/15 superday, FT offers?
did anyone go to the Barclays sales superday on Fri 10/15? Did you hear back or know when we shoud hear back? They said a week but is that bad news considering some banks give offers the day of?
Blackstone Advisory Full Time Offers
Has anyone heard back from BX superday , or heard of anyone getting FT offer that wasn't a SA? Wondering what the general time frame is for hearing back after superday.
sub-3.5 UG gpa and offers from top firms
Do you guys know of people who managed to land front office jobs at top bulge bracket banks and hedge funds with a sub-3.5 undergrad gpa and didn't have amazing connections or family wealth? what firms did they manage to get into?
Would you rather - Which offer to take?
If you think you would eventually want to go into banking full time, which summer analyst offer would you take? 1. Jefferies - Sales & Trading - Equity Strategy (New York) 2. Deloitte - Business Technology Analyst (Phildelphia) My little buddy (who unfortunately did not make it through the process...
Got Citi, but DB gave offer today
I signed with Citi already, thinking I was done. What do I do? renege? I know the DB MDs better than the Citi ones though. Some people say Citi will come out of this as one of the stronger banks, but I'm not sure about that argument. Will Citi be around IF I get a FT offer? Should I go with DB for...
Need advice: internship offers
Hey all, long time lurker here. I pretty much failed to get a SA position in the major cities(NYC/London/Toronto etc...) however I did get 2 internships at 2 local boutiques in the MENA region. The first is a 1 month internship and the second a 2 month internship that I could negotiate for 3 months,...
Urgent Offer Decision
I'm a sophomore at a non target. I have two choices for the summer: 1) Paid HF ($3B) Internship that will continue through the fall semester. It pretty much back office work, but the culture is great and there is a pretty good chance that I gain additional responsibilities as time goes on (Not very...
Definitive Answer: Merrill Offers
I've been browsing through different threads regarding the state of Merrill offers, for both associates & analysts. Different people have been saying different things, across different threads. So I thought that I'd make this thread, dedicated to communicating any news regarding the state of any...
Citi vs Nomura SA Offers
I've got some great advice from a few individuals from the boards but wanted some input from the S&T Boards. Both offers are within Operations. Offer 1: Nomura - Will most likely grant my request to be put in equities. Expansion may help me transfer from BO to FO . Also paying me more than Citi...
Summer Options - OPS / Unpaid
Hello, After browsing the boards and getting some great interview advice, i have been offered several options. The individuals on this board have been great. I have never had the highest GPA or gone to a target school, so my options at the moment are quite limited and wanted to get the best possible...
GS Equities vs. MS Fixed Inc. - Thoughts?
So, it turns out I got offers from both (see an earlier post - it took quite a while) in Sales and Trading (I want to do trading ). I think it is fair to say that Goldman has a slight edge but I don't know about the division, I would definately prefer to do something in the fixed income sphere,...
nomura ibd vs jpm public finance vs baml er
You may remember me. Updated summer analyst offer choices: Nomura IBD , JPM Public Finance/Tax-Exempt Capital Markets, BAML Equity Research Goal: Full time bulge bracket IBD . Which one should I choose?
Offer Decision : JPM vs BAML
I have to choose between the following two summer analyst offers: A) Public Finance/ Tax-Exempt Capital Markets at JPM B) Equity Research at BAML Which job is a better bet for landing a full time BB ibd position? I know both jobs represent very different work and there a ton of other factors...
IBD SA offers... Barcap v JPM v Lazard v CS
Please help, any valuable information in making this decision would help... I have summer IBD offers for: Barcap NY CS London JP Morgan NY Lazard NY Still recruiting with MS PE Real Estate... Not sure what I want to do, and any advice on any of the firms or in particular comparisons would be useful....
SA Decision-making Help
Goldman, Barclays, Credit Suisse, or UBS for SA . Taking heavily into consideration the probability of recieving FT (assuming I'm not retarded), which is the best? (not just brand name - culture should be considered too). Related: anyone know the current offer rates SA --> FT at Goldman?
Ranking SA Offers
Hi Guys, I have some SA 2010 offers (all in NYC) and I need some help deciding in terms of prestige, experience and overall benefit for FT hiring. Barclays Capital- IBD Generalist RBC CM- IBD Generalist Credit Suisse- HOLT Equities (akin to equity research) Citi- Global Transaction Services Any and...
UBS vs. Lazard
Another first time poster but long time viewer of WSO . Thanks to everyone for sharing your insights and information and helping me through the Summer Analyst IBD process. What are your thoughts on UBS (IBD) vs. Lazard (Generalist) SA in NY? I know it depends on which groups at UBS but I heard the...
Offer ranking for these opportunities
Hi guys, My friend has the following SA offers and I'm not sure how to rank them: (all west coast offices) Revolution Partners IBD Citi IBD RBC Capital IBD Any commentary on prestige, exit opps, comp, and other experiences are much appreciated.
Damned if I do??
After my final round interviews for a FT position at a BB , I was told to update HR if my candidacy with the firm changes. I've been living in NYC on my savings while I'm doing an unpaid internship, and now must move home to Asia because I've burned all my money up. I can continue to wait for their...
HELP: Which offer to take?
Hi guys, through accelerated interviews and personal relation interviews landed the following offers: JPM NY IBD (no group chosen) CS NY IBD (no group chosen) BAML LevFin NY Barclays IBD GS /MS/ CS IBD Hong Kong ____________________________________________________________________________ Goal is to...
When do GS offers explode?
Curious, for those of you with offers from GS , how long is HR giving you before the offer is off the table?
accepting offers
Hey Guys, Got an early offer from a bulge bracket for an SA position in IBD - the only problem is the expiration date is before most campus interviews for my school...What do you guys suggest about taking it vs. trying to get the offer extended vs. going for another firm? I liked the firm and the...
Nomura final round offers
Hey everyone, I recently attended final rounds with Nomura Ops and still haven't heard back from them. They told me I'd find out the day of or the next day, but it's been two days already and was wondering if anyone else who interviewed within them for ops has heard back yet. Thanks everyone!
GS NYC - BO 2010 FT offers
Does anybody know whether they've already given out all the 2010 FT Analyst offers for back-office positions at GS' NYC office? Shoot a post out with your division/group if you have an offer. Congrats in advance!
UBS offers
I interviewed with UBS in HK for IBD about 2 weeks ago and I still have not received a reply. I emailed HR and they told me that they will get back to me in January, does this mean that they have rejected me. Because that would be like 3 weeks and that is just way too long. I know at interviews they...
Advice on choosing hedge fund offers
Hi fellow monkeys, I need your advice on my situation. I am a second year BB analyst and I have two HF offers, both in New York: one's a fundamentally-driven L/S equity fund; the other one is a special situations fund (they do merger arbitrage, distressed debt, restructuring. spin-offs etc.). In...
Macquarie vs HSBC vs Barclays
Hi guys, My friend has offers at these places and he would like to know which one you would choose and why. Macquarie - M&A - TMT HSBC - Strategic Transactions Group Barclays - M&A He is leaning towards Macquarie. They have a solid team who have done some big deals in technology sector. Please give...
When is an offer valid? From the moment you send it out? Or from the time the firm gets it?
Any insights would be great....thank you!
What do you look for in a bank?
Broadly speaking, what do you look for when weighing different banking opportunities? What factor(s) is/are most important? I'm weighing a couple of different opportunities. Even after making a list of pros and cons, I'm still not clear on which route to go. Level of responsibility (i.e. seeing the...
LAZ-MM, DB IBD, or MS Tech IBD
Standard WSO fare. Looking for opinions on the three mentioned groups (have offers at 2 and think I will get one from the third). It's Lazard Middle Market, DB IBD (generalist, placed into groups later), and the MS Tech group in Menlo Park (analysts pooled initially, doing mostly M&A and IPO work,...
How to mention new offers after interview
I recently finished final round interviews with a few banks (think GS /MS/ Moelis / Evercore ) and am still waiting to hear back from them. A few days after my final rounds ended, I got an offer from an elite boutique. I would still prefer to go to one of the other banks, though, so I want to...
Offer(s) Thoughts
I have received two offers in the following banks and am in the late rounds for the rest. I just wanted to get some various opinions on what people thought. Generalist offer at Barcap Generalist offer at MS M& A at BofA ML Greenhill Moelis Evercore I'm not looking for anyone to rank, just opinions...
BoFa shits the bed....
I can't get into to much detail, but I received a phone call this morning saying that I would now be working under Bofa rather then ML . Now I contacted my two contacts at ML (HR and a VP who thought I was cool) and the HR lady, she said that they just decided to split it up. The VP said, and I...
Summer Decision
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equity research vs F500 corpfin
hey all, SA recruitment did not go as planned, but I'm glad I still have some options for the summer. I can do BB PWM (GS/JPM) or Equity Research at a Bloomberg/Morningstar type firm. im leaning towards ER because i like the idea of covering an industry and working with financial models. would i be...
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