LA and SF boutique investment banks

Hello guys,

So I am currently in the summer recruitment progress and went through 4 superdays already. However, one place already rejected me and I am afraid that other banks might,too ( hopefully not.)

Therefore, I was wondering if you guys know any boutique investment banks in either SF or LA that offer summer internship. I tried doing the regional boutique post but a lot of them are either obsolete or don't have any summer analyst program at all.

I so far have applied for the top boutiques (HLHZ, Jefferies, Moelis, PWP) already so I am looking for smaller boutiques suggestions.

Thanks a bunch.

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I know WFC (SF) and America's Growth Capital (Bay Area) are just starting to recruit. At my university resumes are due at the end of February, 1st round interviews are in March.

One of smaller boutiques contacted me via e-mail with just three questions: 1) Do you know that this internship is unpaid?; 2) What times are you available?; 3) Do you know that this internships involves a variety of duties?

So d52strick9 is definitely right

 

Nice, maybe we'll end up in same work place. What school do you go to? As far as prestige of those internships, in Russia we have proverb, "On a fishing lull, even a crayfish is fish," which means, "Something is better than nothing." Though in my opinion AGC and WFC are great opportunities and I'd definitely take them.

P.S.: Ivy League graduates, please don't bash in this post, if you only knew how hard it is for non-target schoolers...

 

I've been looking for something for a while in LA (preferably) or SF, but I'm most likely going to stay with my strategy internship through the summer because I haven't had much interest from any i-banks. I go to a semi-target outside of CA (CA native), have a 3.3 GPA, BB, PE, and strategy internships, lots of extras, and no interest. Le sigh. Anyone else wanting to vent, feel free to PM me. haha. Good luck, guys!!

 
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wallstwarrior19speaking of AGC, I have an interview with them coming up. What should I expect?
I might be wrong, so don't hold me accountable. In my university they did not do any kind of meeting/presentation and they didn't mention anything about hardcore interviews on the Job Description: "Qualification: The candidate must have outstanding computer skills, including sophisticated Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills. A desire to learn and deliver creative solutions is a must. A “can-do” attitude and a good sense of humor will ensure your success in the role." If they expect students from my university to know tech. questions, they will be disappointed (the closes majors to Banking/Finance are Econ and Man. Econ, both not technical), but they are still recruiting. That might mean there will be more fit questions.

That being said, I'm studying my ass off with all the tech. questions :D Good luck with AGC, hopefully we'll see each other this summer

 

ah....some of those firms have not existed for 6-7 years....i'd do some more research if i were you

Robertson Stephens, Inc. (RIP) Prudential Volpe Technology Group Volpe, Welty & Co. (bought by Prudential in 2000) Wasserstein Perella (now park of Dresdner) Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC = Macquiere Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown Inc. = just Deutsche Bank, not really a "botique" Garage Technology Ventures = a VC firm

Charles Schwab? do they even have ibanking or something close?

 

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