DE Shaw Strategy & Biz Dev vs. EY-Parthenon SSG vs. Capital One Strategy Summer Intern

I'm highly interested in all three of these roles and currently in the application process with them for summer 2023 internships (undergrad).

Which would help me advance in my career most? Which has most opportunities for growth/more attractive exits? Which looks best for business school (as much as I hate to bring in a prestige factor)?

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First things first, all of these are crazy offers to get, so good on ya for getting deep in these processes. 

 
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These are all great, but pretty different.

SSG at EY-P is basically private equity due diligence on enterprise software companies. I think this might actually be the weakest offer and the least interesting work with the worst hours. Enterprise software can be a bit dull in my experience, and DDs are super repetitive. However, it’s the most different from the other two, so if moving to PE or working in enterprise software is of interest, this is the best pick.

Between the other two, Capital One is better known but DE Shaw means more to the people who know what it is. Capital One is more consumer facing also, so if the business of trading and asset management is uninteresting to you, I’d go Capital One.

If you take DE Shaw or Capital One, you could exit to EYP full time. If you take EYP full time, Capital One strategy would be tough, and DE Shaw would be even tougher.

 

Cap one is a great gig, very low hours with MBB pay and good b school opps. DE Shaw is a very “prestigious” name to those who know it. EY SSG is good, but much higher hours than Cap one for around the same pay and same opps.

 

Think you may be a little off the mark here. 1st year BA TC at CapOne is abt 120, and i imagine the strategy team would get paid more, so it is probably about equal to MBB TC. 

 

Capital One does not pay at MBB level, even for base. And while DE Shaw is a "prestigious" name, I believe these back office type roles are among the first to go whenever they have a market downturn (i.e., I think they may have laid off some of these people in March of 2020). I'm not familiar with EY so I won't comment on that. 

You’re really calling the group where Jeff Bezos cultivated his skillset “back office.” Clueless.

 

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