I have seen some guys who decided to do MBA after having a few years of experience in banking. So why would they do that?
Maybe they wanna have some sort of vacation out of banking? Or use it to move to different location? Or jump to PE (if the MBA is really necessary)?
Thanks for any ideas in advance.
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Well makes sense if they missed the analyst recruiting train into PE; but to get into PE out of MBA? I've never heard of that; maybe jump into VC maybe if H/W/S and had pre-mba experience in IB as I've heard someone do from the WSO podcast
Thanks. I’d appreciate if you could share how the post-MBA recruiting in PE works if an analyst miss out on moving to PE in, say, year 2.
The first step is to get the FT IB return offer..
I was fortunate enough to receive an offer already. Thanks for the encouragement.
Lots of top MBA programs place students in PE jobs, anywhere from small fund PE shops to MF PE. To get PE post MBA you usually need IB experience pre MBA and if you want to land a top fund, PE experience pre MBA. If you dig around on LinkedIn you can find a bunch of the 2 year IB + 2 year PE -> 2 year HSW MBA -> back to MF PE. The 2+2+2 route is rather common.
Thanks for the comment.
I have been actually browsing through LinkedIn. It might be because of my location (SG/HK) but it seems like most BB IBD analysts who went to decent PE shops have not done any MBA.. ofc the PE recruiting it far from being structured and bankers move to buy side after a period of time ranging from 0.5 to 5 years in banking...
Usually its 2 years BB IBD analyst + 2 years PE. Then at some places, not all, the PE firm will push them out, or require an MBA to advance. This is what leads to the 2+2+2. Look at most of the Directors and up at PE shops, I would bet 75%+ have MBAs.
Thanks again for your insight.
From what you’ve shared, my understanding is that people do MBA b/c they missed out the reputable PE boat post-IB or they wish to move up in the fund. Is that right?
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