GS Finance vs HSBC corporate banking
Which offer should I take as a full time offer? HSBC one is a front office but GS has a bigger brand name for graduate school. Thank you guys for advice!
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If this is GS corporate finance (fp&a, treasury, etc.) I'd take the HSBC one easy. But it depends on what you want to do. Do you want to be in corporate banking or make the switch to IB? Or do you want to be in middle/back office corporate finance?
HSBC no brainer
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