Lied about graduation date to get sophomore summer internship and now recruiting for junior summer
Hi guys. So long story short, I lied about my graduation date being a year earlier than it actually is to get a sophomore summer internship at a decent MM investment bank. I'm currently beginning the process of recruiting for junior year summer, and I was wondering if I should mention to the firms that I'm recruiting at that I have a good sophomore summer internship coming up as a way to make myself seem like a more desirable candidate. What I'm worried about is that they will check to confirm with the sophomore summer firm, and that firm will then find out that I am recruiting for junior summer and lied about my graduation date, and the whole thing will just blow up in my face. If anyone has been in a similar situation or can shed some insight on what they think I should do, I'd appreciate it a lot.
I think you're overthinking it. I was actually a sophomore by credit in my first year, so if I got asked to provide a transcript, I could back it up, and I'm guessing you could do the same. If someone sees that you actually didn't graduate when you initially said you did, you can always say "debating other majors" or "studied abroad and took more time off" or something like that. Obviously don't go into your fifth year with this approach, more for the graduate in the 3-4 year range
Thanks for the response. I guess the problem is really that this firm expects me to return full time the following year after the conclusion of the summer internship, so I'm worried that they would be pissed if they found out that I was recruiting for the following summer. That's why I'm debating telling the firms that I'm recruiting for about it or putting "incoming analyst at x firm" on my resume because I wouldn't want it to get back to the firm I'm interning at this summer. What do you think?
You're still fine. Pick up another major if you want or something to give you the extra year or even semester cover. Some higher ups will probably be irritated, but burnout happens an insane amount in this industry so they're used to it by now
You’ll be fine. No one audits this much. (1) Don’t say you went to Wharton if you want to a CC, (2) Don’t say you have a 4.0 if you have a 2.6 and (3) Don’t make up internships. Only 3 ways you can get screwed
Thanks for the reassurance. I guess I'm just worried because I know that all these firms talk to each other and was worried that I might get my offer pulled for this coming summer if one of the firms that I'm recruiting at for next summer calls up an MD at the sophomore summer firm to ask about me.
I did this and you're fine. The firms you are interviewing with for junior summer will assume your sophomore MM will want you to come back for another internship the next summer so they won't rock the boat by reaching out to the MM. It's the same when someone is doing an internship but are re-recruiting for FT; the FT firm won't reach out to the internship firm because they know that could hurt the candidates chances of getting a return offer.
Also MM bankers and BB/EB bankers generally don't run in the same circles since their clients are different. And they don't care that much. They have much more important and stressful things on their mind than figuring out how an intern got their previous internships.
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