Help With What To Do This Summer
I'm a sophomore / rising junior at a non-target in NYC aiming to land BB IBD upon graduation. Freshman summer I interned at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney global wealth management and since January of this year I have been working as a Recruiting Officer with the U.S. Department of Commerce - Economics and Statistics Administration - at the Census Bureau. I got off to a late start applying to summer internships due to 40hr workweeks on top of school. So far, I interviewed with GS IMD and a boutique bank but didn't land either.
I have an interview this week for a Research Intern position with Global Forex Trading.
This is the job description: GFT Forex, a fast growing financial firm focusing on currencies is looking for paid interns for its online Research department. You will be working with analysts that are regularly featured on Bloomberg, CNBC, Dow Jones and Reuters and will learn about Global Capital Markets. Your primary responsibility will be to post the research that our analysts have written for our various websites. You will also create tables with brief recaps of global economic data and as you become more experienced, help write economic data forecasts or gather information for other reports.
In order to best position myself for an SA position at a BB the summer after junior-year, should I accept the offer from GFT if I get it, or continue to work at the Census Bureau? What else should I be doing?
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I've heard of GFT, they're respected in the retail forex space. I'd go ahead and take it, especially this late in the process.
GFT, for sure.
Do you go to Pace? And yea census gig is a last resort. Look for unpaid internships if you can. If you're looking for IBD, I'd try and get an unpaid internship at a boutique and leveraged that during SA interviews. Take GFT if you get it.
Thanks guys.
Is it too late to contact boutiques about possible unpaid internships for the summer? And any advice on what to go over for the GFT interview?
make sure you know everything about pips, spreads, bid/ask, SMA, relationship between commodities, unemployment rates, macro forecasts and currency pairs. Make sure that you are especially solid on everything about EUR/USD
Thanks accountspayable
So, I got an offer from GFT.
It's now down to these two choices for me:
Which would be the better choice if I'm looking to land a SA position at a BB next summer?
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