GS Operations vs. PwC Management Consulting

Hey everyone, I am having a hard time deciding on my internship right now, so I would really appreciate your help. I currently have two internship offers for Summer 2018:

  1. Goldman Sachs, NY, Operations
  2. PwC, not NY, Management Consulting

One interesting fact is that I have already had a PwC Management Consulting internship. (Salary/pay is not a factor for me.)

I have read a lot about how doing Ops at GS does not help me at all if I want to switch to IB. But I'm also not sure how much doing the same (not exactly) internship twice will help me either.

Question 1. For future career options, I have not decided yet between management consulting (interviewing for MBB next year 100%) and IB. I'm not sure which internship will be more helpful for me career-wise, maybe it'll be different depending on whether I want to pursue consulting or IB?

Question 2. Is it really that hard to switch from GS Ops to IB? Also, I'm an international student and I know PwC is really great at doing sponsorships - I'm not sure how good GS is?

Any information/thoughts would be very helpful.

3 Comments
 

If you're wavering between IB and MC as a career path, I would take the MC internship.

Did you like your first PwC internship? Are you working with the same group?

Currently: future neurologist, current psychotherapist Previously: investor relations (top consulting firm), M&A consulting (Big 4), M&A banking (MM)
 

Sorry for the late reply. I definitely did enjoy my PwC internship, will be working with a different group since my office location has changed.

Between GS Ops and PwC, I'm very much set on PwC. What are your thoughts about ER vs MC?

 

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