Leveraging Internships to Full Time
I am currently a junior at a non-target school. I am an accounting and finance double major, and am currently doing an auditing internship with PricewaterhouseCoopers. This summer I have accepted an offer for a Summer Analyst position at a MM bank. I have had an interest in IBanking for a few years now, and was wondering what everyones opinions are in regards to at least getting some interviews and looks from lower tier BB's as well as upper tier MM banks. Thanks!
Just curious, how'd you get a MM SA coming from a nontarget? Good job on that.
Congrats on your interviews...but would you care to share how you got them? Any certain networking strategies (I'm assuming you didn't get interviews via OCR since you're at a nontarget)?
Not to bicker, but if kids get interviews left and right, is it REALLY a nontarget? Well, it may be, but it sounds like a strong nontarget. Not all nontargets are equal. A decent school in a finance hub (not saying that’s your school, necessarily) may be a nontarget if it has no OCR, but it's on another level than an unknown school that’s located in Podunk, South Dakota and has no IB alumni, but they’re both in the nontarget category.
My opinion is that getting some interviews and looks from lower tier BB's and upper tier MM banks is a good idea. Getting interviews anywhere is good, so I'm not really sure what you are asking here...
i guess should rephrase my question. I am curious to everyones opinion on what my chances are at getting some interviews with some more reputable names in IB.
OP post your resume on razume if you want some thoughts... otherwise it's impossible for us to know anything about you...
Agree. Saying that you work at PwC is relatively meaningless if we don't know what city, too.
I am also at a relative "non-target" with an SA offer from one top tier BB and one mid tier MM. If your school does not have banking alumni to help you out I would imagine it is a lot more difficult to get your foot in the door. It never hurts to try someone at the bank who is from your state, or leverage a family or family friend relationship. I would go through the latter option first.
I like how you answer your own question here. Yes, even if you have alumni to reach out to, but no firms actually come to campus, you are STILL a non-target. And at the same time YES, not all non-targets are treated equally. CalTech and Bumblefuck State College are both "non-targets," but you can bet your ass that a sociable CalTech kid will get a callback.
No need to hate, man - it was a rhetorical question. I thought that was obvious.
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