Started the interview process with these firms. Wanted to see what everyone thought. Definitely want to lateral after a year to upper MM or BB. It would be between DA and Leerink but once I heard the starting salary for Citizens, it made me seriously consider….
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Leerink is a fuckin sweatshop lmao just pitch after pitch after pitch
Yeah I definitely heard. I have a friend that works there and he said it’s 90-100hrs consistently. The only catch is that I’ve seen better exits from Leerink than DA and especially citizens. So a year of getting burned or a year of uncertainty for lateral opps with DA/Citizens lol
True. Just want to caveat by saying that I feel like most people on this forum discount how destructive 90-100 hrs of work is on an individual. At another similarly sweaty group and if I had known how brutal it would be on my mental health and relationships, I definitely would’ve joined another group. YMMV though, gl with the process
If this is for SA citizens has a terrible conversion rate. Had about a 50% full time offer rate.
All FT roles
Are you already in banking and just laterating upstream?
Isn’t citizens 110 base as well? That’s just street
Do yk what bonuses look like by chance for AN1/2?
Heard bonus's are split evenly across analysts. At least 1st years for certain. Source: my friend works there
Leerink. They’re strong in ECM and have more UMM+ M&A activity. They also certainly pay more than the other two banks…
Do you know the culture and deal flow in their HC services group in NY? Thank you!
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