Hey fellow monkeys, long time lurker here looking for some advice.
I accepted a SA offer from an EB in a tier 2 city for this upcoming summer (e.g. LAZ/EVR/GHL in SF/CHI/Houston). It was honestly one of my top choices going into recruiting as I was in the same city this past summer for a PE gig and loved it. Plus, I’m from a semi-target that’s relatively close to the city, so the visibility from recruiters and the alumni network in the city was hard to deny. As a final note, I really don’t have much of an interest in NYC long term.
All of that said, I’ve been second guessing my decision over the past couple of weeks. It’s hard to deny the broader set of opportunities in NY, and I’d honestly be willing to sacrifice not being in a city that I love for future optionality. As such, I’ve begun to think about the possibility of lateralling to another boutique in NY for my full time gig. Obviously, I know I’m jumping the gun a bit here not having even started yet and that my focus should at this point be locking down a return offer first, but I was wondering if anyone here had any insight into my chances, especially coming for a semi-target (Duke/IU/USC). I’d love to here from anyone with anecdotal accounts or that has any visibility into the FT recruiting process from these firms and how’d they’d view someone coming from a comparable firm in another office.
Thx guys
I think it would easier to switch locations for FT within the same firm, rather than lateral elsewhere. Seen it happen a couple of times for SF interns who then return for FT in NYC
Hey man thanks for the reply. I know some of Moelis' LA analysts have been able to make the switch historically but wasn't that more a function of the firm trying to consolidate their junior staff in NY vs. the analysts wanting to make the switch independently? Also not sure how I would go about doing that. I have to imagine it wouldn't be perceived well by the office I accepted my offer from, and it would absolutely have to be done only after securing a return offer.
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