Intern deal experience on resume
Hi all, I am looking for opinions on this. I interned at an EB this summer and had pretty extensive deal experience. I worked on two major restructurings and a 2b sell-side from beginning pitch to deal announcement. I worked like a dog but learned a lot and really enjoyed it. I will be returning to the same place for full time.
I'm beginning the process for GSB deferral and HBS 2+2 but I'm not entirely sure how I should frame my deal experience. I have seen what full time employees have on their resumes and linkedin at different places. It always goes something like "advised xxx on their 2b merger with yyy" or "represented certain creditors for the restructuring of 30b debt" etc.
I believe it would be pretty presumptuous or strange for an intern to write "advised so and so client" when they are just an intern, so how should you go about wording something like this? I'm looking for the best way to convey this info as concise as possible because I have a lot of other things on my resume I need to keep and I don't want to commit some sort of faux pas by assuming some level of responsibility I obviously didn't have.
Any advice is welcome, thanks in advance!
Was in a (sort of) similar situation as you, working on a $4bn buy-side as a summer from deal start to late in the process. I contributed a lot to the deal in the last couple of weeks at work and I put it as a selected transaction on my resume. I think if you did good work for the deal and you're able to talk about it intelligently it's a good look to have it on your resume, along with maybe one other thing you did that summer.
As long as you actually contributed, I don't think it's a faux pas to put transaction responsibility on your resume.
Maybe "worked on team that advised xxx on their $2b merger with yyy"?
I have posted this a few times before, but in my opinion, this is how transaction experience should look like on your resume (again...it's just my opinion):
Bank Name [bold this title] Investment Banking Summer Analyst [italicize this title] *[One of X summer analysts in Bank ABC's X group] *First generic responsibility *Second generic responsibility
Select Transaction Experience [bold and underline this title] Transaction Description (e.g. Sale of SolarCity Corporation to Tesla Motors, Inc. or Convertible Debt Financing for Spotify) [bold this title] *First unique responsibility *Second unique responsibility *Third unique responsibility
Generic responsibilities include putting together pitches, teasers, and CIMS; industry research; managing client relationships; etc. Unique responsibilities include complex financial models (e.g. recapitalization model with multiple scenarios or a detail loan loss analysis), unique presentations or memoranda (e.g. industry white papers or anything you put together for buyers), unique diligence work (e.g. working directly with the CFO or CEO), etc.
I honestly copied the WSO/M&I resume templates for IB analysts with deal experience applying to PE shops. Toned the language down slightly (e.g. "helped with" or something along those lines for a bullet point) and at least it looks and works well.
The way I would do it would be as follows: Selected Transaction Experience: - $1bn sell-side advisory mandate on ... - Worked on ....
And add a few points after the transaction to explain what your contribution was to the deal.
summer analyst experiene on resume - worked on successful deal that didn't disclose deal value... what can I put on my resume? (Originally Posted: 04/20/2017)
hey all, last year my team closed a deal but the press releases did not reveal deal value or any detailed terms. how would i put this on my resume? should i just not list a value at all? write "undisclosed terms" or perhaps "$XX.XX"?
let me know what you monkeys think
If you were an intern when the deal was closed you shouldn't have it on your resume anyway. You likely did little to nothing for the deal, and there's a good chance you wont be able to speak to the specifics.
Fine to talk about it if someone asks, but I (along with all the headhunter firms) would advise against it.
I disagree with not putting the deal on your resume as an intern--I mean you should put what you worked on...but be realistic about it and be able to speak to details. If you worked on a meaninful part of it, great...but no one is going to believe you even touched the model or did anything but rearrange logos or take notes on calls.
If the deal value isn't public don't list the deal value. I don't understand why this is even a question. Besides, future employers won't care about the deal size...they'll care what you did on the deal (I $2bn private company sell side is often more work than a $10bn public to public acquisition).
If you feel like you must quantify the value be sufficiently vague--multi million or multi billion.
Think of it this way...if I'm an MD familiar with the deal, I absolutely know if the multiple is public or not....if it's not public and I see you blabbing about it, how would I ever trust you enough on one of my own deals to maintain confidentiality?
Listing deals worked on as SA on resume (Originally Posted: 08/07/2010)
How do you list deals you've worked on as SA on your resume? Right now I have it like this.
Client Transaction Experience:
363 Sale of Bankrupt xxxxxx company: Advisor to potential acquiror in bidding process (non-stalking horse) and bridge loan arrangement
Is this "right"/typical?
Thanks.
really impressed by the daily liaising it takes a lot to liaise, and employers want a good liaiser
Add Deals from SA to CV for FT? (Originally Posted: 09/08/2012)
Is this done?
Worked on 3 different deals, 1 of them for 8/12 weeks of my SA.
How would it be good to add this information to my CV bearing in mind non-public disclosure? Is it a good point to mention that I worked on the live transaction for 8 weeks or does this not add value at all to a CV?
Look at the Mergers and Inquisitions resume guide; it's a good idea to do this, but be sure to know that transaction inside out.
Quick buyside recruiting question: include deal worked on as summer analyst on my resume? (Originally Posted: 12/21/2012)
I'm a first year analyst right now getting ready to talk to headhunters, would like someone to give me insight on whether it would be appropriate to include transaction experience as a summer analyst. I spent about half my internship on one deal and did quite a bit of work for it, so my resume currently looks like this:
____ Inc., Summer 2011 Investment Banking Summer Analyst -XXX Acquisition of YYY (completed February 2012) (sub-bullet 1) (sub-bullet 2) (sub-bullet 3)
What do you guys think, can I leave that transaction on there? I don't remember any of the financials of either company but I could look them up. I can definitely speak to the high level rationale for the deal. I thought it was totally fine (and got my resume vetted by some others who have gone through buyside recruiting already), but I just read some material from a headhunter that discourages having deal exp. as an intern on our resumes.
Hope someone out there can tell me what he/she did..
I agree that it's fine. You did work on the deal, and the fact that you were a summer analyst implies that you might not necessarily have seen it all the way through from pitch-->close.
Thanks FPM!
Can you list deals that you worked on as an Intern on your PE Recruiting resume? (Originally Posted: 01/10/2014)
If you happen to work on a big deal as an intern where you had a decent amount of responsibility, should you list that?
If you can talk intelligently about it then I see no reason why not.
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