Citadel CAP Program vs BB/EB - Urgent
Deciding between offers at top BB/EB vs Citadel. Which one would you pick and why?
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Citadel. There’s no point in doing banking unless you want to do PE or corp exit. Comps is much better with better benefits at citadel too.
What is the expected comp in the CAP Program and then the first full year after? I think these are very different jobs, if you feel strongly about what you’ll be doing at Citadel you should do that. If you are just looking for a job in finance so you can have some time to figure it out and potentially recruit again, then do banking.
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Top EB/BB. Imo better to gain experience in IB, then switch to an investor role once you have the finance fundamentals dialed and have adjusted to corporate life
Have you worked at a hedge fund before?
Depends entirely on whether u feel committed to working at HF long-term. IB preserves optionality, but no doubt Citadel will set you up to work in HFs for rest of ur life, if that's what u want
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