Industrial Engineering to IBD

I struck out at the BB's I interviewed at for third-year summer recruiting, so my chances are pretty dim for getting a full-time analyst offer. I'm thinking about getting a masters in industrial engineering as a possible option since it's a career I'm interested in. If I'm at a top-tier masters program for IE, could I still have a good chance at getting an ibanking interview?

Any good anecdotes to back up your claims?

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You will find all majors represented in investment banks. It is not firm specific. You're probably a little late to be looking into banking though.

 
chubbybunnydo you mean industrial engineering?
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I think this question is legitimate. Industrial Engineering is known as a joke of an engineering major at most schools, and he even references mathematical programming (optimization), which is one of the fundamental classes.

I think that engineering won't hurt to differentiate yourself from other candidates, especially if you come from a non-target. There will be many people with finance degrees, but doing engineering (any kind of engineering) will show that your quantitative and can work hard depending on your GPA.

I don't think major is that important whether you're from a target or non-target, since the job is even less quantitative than plugging and chugging through the simplex method. I think there are lots of threads on how to break in by being smart and sociable, so major isn't terribly important.

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YourWorstEnemyImaginary engineering is just that, imaginary. I can't imagine you'd get a job with an imaginary degree its just unimaginable.

What the fuck are you talking about?

 

Industrial Engineering is definitely referred to as imaginary engineering. If I were you I'd try to focus on the operations research side rather than the human factors side. Oh and engineering instantly gets you a good deal of respect as every college graduate remembers how much the engineers they knew had to work.

Pull a 3.7+ in engr from a non target and that can definitely look very respectable. You'll need to network to get in though and having relevant experience prior to your junior year (ie boutique ib near your college as sophomore) is a huge help.

 

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