Getting an IB FT without springs/summers (London)
Got assaulted by banks this year - both big and small. Got to penultimate round for a small respectable M&A boutique but got rejected (feedback said my values did not align with the firm's). I've got one app still going, so not looking good.
Last year, I found out about springs quite late, so applied extremely late. I managed to bag a middle/back office spring week at a BB but found their work extremely dull. Ended up not applying to their summer roles (Compliance etc.) because I'm not interested in starting my career in that kinda work.
I'm guessing FT hiring, if anything, will be way harder next year. Any tips for a lost soul?
Gonna be hard to land a FT role without prior experience
If I was you I would intend on doing a masters and apply to summers again next year and explicitly state that you were doing a masters.
off-cycle and graduates are around. If thing pick back up in Q4 banks might start hiring like crazy again
Your odds of landing it are less than 0.1%. But there's a chance. Apply regardless, there's always someone that makes it through without prior experience.
You're not getting FT without prior, directly related, internships.
Do you need prior experience for off-cycle internships?
Hmm, well yes it certainly helps to have prior experience, but this experience can be more tangential. I've seen some pretty average candidates land off cycles. But many of these seats will be targeted by European students/those who didn't get a return offer with substantial experience.
just apply to off-cycles, if you have 0 exp and cant even get solid off-cycles, get into a very no name small shop, leverage exp to get interviews for off-cycles and then convert.
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