Started school late (25). I have finished a bachelor’s and just now a master’s degree. Got solid intenship experience in S&T, corp dev and IB during UG and MS. Should I apply for the analyst or associate programs at BB IBD?
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Analyst. Not even a borderline case
Unless that Master’s is an MBA, which I presume it is not given your background, you should apply as an analyst. Also you’ll likely start as a first year too
Depends. It is a master of business and economics. Not sure what the distinction are between those.
The main distinction is that MBA's have standardized recruiting pipelines and processes. In your case, would still be an analyst regardless of the content you learned in that masters.
If this is in the US then analyst. If this is elsewhere then no idea
Boys, thank you… although was hoping to skip three years of pain. Least got a shot at MM/MF PE.
No chance for associate, you don’t even have any FT work experience. You’ll have to be a 1st year analyst alongside 21/22 year olds.
Analyst brooo
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