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Congrats on your offer.

Key is a decent MM bank, both for advisory and lending. Assuming you offer is in their IBD, I'd take it - just having an investment banking summer on your resume in this market will differentiate you.

As far as specifics about Keybank, I don't have many about the actual experience, but one of the sharpest analysts (now in PE) that I know spent two years at Key.

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Where is it for? Cleveland?

Not a bad place to learn, and you can probably leverage it into something bigger if you want. I got an offer from the same group last summer, and it was like $14/hour, but it was in Cleveland which is pretty affordable.

If it's Cleveland, Industrial is the best group and usually stays the busiest. Consumer has a lot of face time, and are working pretty hard (not sure if its deal related or pitches), but I have two friends in that group who are getting worked (for a regional bank)

M&A is the biggest group I think - lots of pitching (from a 2nd yr analyst), but learning a lot

I would say try to get into the Industrial/M&A group. Keep in mind, that the Capital Markets group encompasses a lot - so it could include the Sales (S&T) desk, or origination and all that stuff in markets, while also including the normal product/industry groups.

People are very friendly there - just try to learn alot - hope that helps

 

I also know a guy that spent a few years at Key and is now working for a well respected PE outside of NYC, so its definitely possible to do well after an analyst gig there. He didn't particularly enjoy his time there but I would take it in this market.

I interviewed in the fall and was told after they decided to keep all their interns from the previous summer (most were sophomores) and therefore would not be extending me an offer. Either they were bullshitting me or changed their mind this spring, but regardless they try to keep as many interns as possible.

Congrats on the offer, good luck in your decision.

 
LondonE1I heard that they pay $45,000 base for their analysts...that's ridiculously low.

LondonE1, it's in Ohio, the cost of living is comparable to the remote parts of the mid-west, and it sounds like this guy is just starting out. The long term benefit of the experience vastly outweighs the short term mediocre salary concession. If it's the only option right now, I say go with it...

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how strict are they with regard to the accounting, finance and econ major only requirement?

I am an engineering major econ minor... should I even spend the time applying? (It's a long form like a background check form asking you fill in address from last 7 years and stuff and I lived in like 10 places so it'll take forever... if they don't take other majors there's no point for me to waste half an hour filling that out and looking up all the dates.. )

 

WHen I interviewed, it seemed like they def only preferred finance/accounting, not even econ.

One of the analysts said 1/25 in her class was econ, and struggled with the training..

There's my take.

 

they do have IB in NYC its small now but it is growing. I know some people that do an IBD internship here their sophomore year and then apply to BB junior year, but honestly I would personally like to do a sophomore rotational program at a BB from the start but I shall see.

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They are much more national and full-service than some listed above. Largest offices are in Cleveland (Industrials and consumer are the largest industry groups) and Portland (Pacific Crest HQ), and then they have capital markets offices all over, even where they don't have retail banks (Houston, SF, Boston, etc.) Have ER, M&A, DCM, ECM, real estate capital, all kinds of S&T, etc., so a somewhat unique MM bank in their range of services. Base for new analysts is now $75k in Cleveland and $85k in bigger cities, not sure about bonuses. They got rid of the mandatory rotational thing so you just do 10 weeks training in Cleveland and then place into a group either in Cleveland or elsewhere (i.e. kids who were interns in other cities can just go back to that office after training).

 

You can place out after one rotation, under certain conditions. You have to go to a satellite office (so NYC, Atlanta, Seattle, there's a small operation in Chicago), and you obviously have to actually place into the group itself. So, a minimum of 9 months in Cleveland. After your second rotation, you can place into any office, again assuming you can place into the group and there is a need.

 

They seem like nice people. Focused soley on the mid market with no aspirations to go bigger. They like to say they compete against Jefferies.

 

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