London SA am I too old?
Hi guys,
I'm EU citizen (think Eastern Europe) and have an offer for master on target in the UK. Currently, I have 2 gap years after my Bachelor (EU non-target). Unfortunately, due to personal reasons I have to defer my master for the next year. Then I will have nearly 3 years of experience - nearly 2 years of internships in decent brands (M&A, ER, Management Consulting) and nearly 1 year of experience as an IB analyst or Business Analyst Intern/ACI in MBB in EU (think Eastern Europe). Do you think it will be too late to apply for SA then, that is will I be too old? And before you ask why not FT Analyst after Master I think it will be hard to get an offer for FT without SA in London.
Thanks a lot for your advice!
Haven’t seen age become an issue in most cases. Prior (full-time) experience can be considered a hindrance as banks like to hire fresh graduates and mould them. But your experience seems to comprise of internships mostly so should be fine.
Nah it’s fine, the French often start working in IB at 24/25 with 1-3yrs of experience. Why don’t you apply for off cycle for next Jan so you can also convert that one directly?
Thanks, good point. I thought about ACI or Business Analyst at MBB starting in January in my country but truly it would be better to continue in IB. Unfortunately, I heard that in the UK off-cycles are not so popular. For example Nomura offers IB off-cycle only in Continental Europe or MS only in Operations/Technology etc. in the UK. So do you think in terms of off-cycles I need to apply only to boutiques/something smaller than BB?
I think you can in ctn. Europe but you can in LDN too (eg BAML, UBS)
never too late
This shit with Continental Europeans starting at age 25-30 while Brits and Americans start at 21/22 is just the weirdest thing ever
So in your opinion it is not true?
No as in it seems quite common for guys from continental Europe to start aged 25+ but I just find it so weird. Good luck in any case whatever you do personally!
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