JPM vs EB?
I recently secured an offer from JPM for a SA analyst role. I am anticipating this offer to amount to a FT offer after that summer.
I haven't worked in an IB yet, so I don't know what coverage or product group I will end up taking on. That said, I am wondering if I should try to leverage this offer into a super day/offer from an EB such as Evercore/Lazard/PW. What coverage/product groups at JPM would be better than, or more or less the same as, an analyst role at an EB – in terms of pay and prestige/exit opps?
I eventually want to go into PE and grad school for an MBA.
Open to all opinions. Thanks for all the help so far, WSO!
Sure. (1) The interview process was happening near the end of the spring semester, so even getting through with JPM alone was time-consuming in terms of prep. (2) Creating more work, stress, and the possibility of exerting myself with no success by trying to leverage it into merely an interview seemed silly. (3) I told myself to shut tf up and stop being so greedy: this is no second tier or underdog firm; this is a BB so this was not the same complacency as settling on like greenhill. (4) I want to be part of a massive corporation at some point in my life b/c im curious as to how it works, what that name can do for me on my cv, and how many connects I can gain from it. So, why not accept take this now? I will eventually want to see the benefits of working at a smaller scale but elite shop, so when that opportunity falls in my lap, I'll take it. That said, the next goal is blackstone, bain, or something related
What if I had gotten an Evercore offer instead? The same logic applies - I would've taken that right away, too. In other words, don't be afraid of taking what you got rather than trying to leverage it into something else. If you did get both, then you'd have to pick one, you'd be pulling your hair out, and possibly later be wondering what if....
Edit: freaking typos