Better Candidate for FT

Considering you are interviewing for FT, would you prefer someone with return offer from a MM (Baird/WB/RJ) or a without return offer from EB/Top BB (MS/PJT/EVR)? 

The former has no major red flag and met expectations and the latter acknowledges his mistakes (not bonded with the team enough or started out slow technically but caught up later on or realized the importance of being proactive later on). 

For both of the cases, how can he/she improve one's chances? Should their approaches be different when interviewing? 

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MM with a return - the work you do at either bank as an intern is pretty similar so those that didn't get a return have an uphill climb for FT recruiting

 

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