I'm a senior at a non-target, with a F500 FLDP offer for after I graduate. I am 99.99% sure that the FLDP is what I want to do. I find corp fin very enjoyable and want to continue in corp fin long-term. I was recently approached about interviewing for a Fall/Spring semester internship with a BB in their PWM division.
On the one hand, I hate PWM, don't believe in the value they're providing, hate sales, don't want to pursue PWM, already have a full-time offer, and don't want to deal with doing an internship during the school year.
On the other hand, it's a BB (though not MS/GS, it's a low-ranked BB). That's pretty much the only reason I'm even considering this. It's a BB and I don't have any BB's on my resume, coming from a non-target school.
So the question is, is there any value in doing this internship? When I'm applying for corporate finance roles in 2-3 years after the FLDP, will they care about this internship? Meaning will they look at my resume and go "Hmm F500 FLDP, BB PWM, looks good, let's hire!" vs. "Hmmm F500 FLDP, but no BB, lets not hire".
Put another way, what is the weight that the BB name carries, even if it's PWM, in the corp fin world? Will it make a significant difference to have this on my resume 2-3 years from now? Or will the only thing that matters be the FLDP?
Appreciate the insight.
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What type of corporate finance roles will you be applying to after the FLDP?
My goal is corporate FP&A senior analyst or just generalist senior fin analyst in a certain business unit. Treasury is another possibility. I'm not really shooting for corp dev or bus dev necessarily.
It won't have any effect. PWM is a fairly easy internship to gain which makes it no very valuable. I am even considering taken it off my resume because it just takes up space. I wouldn't do it for the name and I would enjoy your senior year. If you want to add something to your resume that will last 2-3 years from now do something worth while/interesting like volunteering for a brand name charity or something else that when someone looks at your resume goes oh damn this kid looks cool. (Mine was working at a surfing hostel: Believe me it is always a conversation starter)
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