McDonald's Good Prep for Banking?

are you serious?

of course. it's all about how you spin it. assuming you got through the screening process.

Thanks for the laugh. But seriously, if you've got absolutely no other work ex. and are looking for banking as a freshman or something, you could maybe spin it that way.

No it would not be good, if that is your only work experience. Working at such a place however is good if you are looking for interships, this is dependent upoun on grades, work ethic, etc., but as a selling point in a banking interview, absolutely not!

If you worked in their corporate finance division thatd be a different story. But you already knew that

Why would you want to leave McDonalds for an Ibank... if you already think the work is pretty similar. And no, it won't help you.

On paper it may seem like a good idea, but telling that story will lead you to be made fun of as the "McDonald's guy" among the recruiting team. It would only work if the interviewer had once labored at McDonald's himself - which, given the pedigree of most bankers, is not very likely.

Something better would be working as a waiter at a high class restaurant, which you could spin as being high pressure and multi-task intensive, as well as developing your soft skills.

Of course nothing beats relevant and valuable experience.

people have this crazy idea that any kind of work experience can be spun into "relevant" experience for finance, because really think that all that's involved in finance is being willing to work 90 hours and only semi-brain dead. it's just not the case. yes, you'll always find the exception, but there's a reason the vast majority of bankers don't have McDonald's drive-thru on their resume.

for freshman/sophomores, corporate finance is definitely an option, i just wouldn't pick mcdonalds

it can actually make for interesting conversations during interviews if you end up at the right company

hell to the yeah. seriously, don't you even dare bring up this crap for IB. Operations is another story.

The world has changed. And we must change with it.

Obviously this guy is trolling. Thanks for the laugh though.

haha about the disclosure

seriously NO FUCKING JOKE the head recruiter at a boutique IB in nyc told my mba class that he never sees anybody put shit like mcdonald's on resume, but he LOVES to see that shit because it means that the candidate came from zilch and is HUNGRY (for money, not fast food).

if you're already in undergrad, i see no fucking reason to apply fast food for fuck's sake, but if you had the job at 15/16/17 it's not a terrible idea

I worked at pizza hut when i was 16 and a moving company the summer before college. No shame my friend. Monument man is right you should not be applying to micky D's when your in college. Maybe if you go to a State State school such as a "Johnson State college" if there even is such a school name.

if you're a freshman/sophomore, then it's better than putting down no work experience. If you're a junior, then you better have something of substance at that point.

actually at one recruiting info session of a BB, an associate pointed out that they recognize that students don't have much experience and it is acceptable to have worked at Wendy's as long as the story was spun right.

Well to be honest while I was working at Mcdonalds I was sent to different roles on different days because I was a quick learner and flexible. But I do not know how that is going to help one to get into investment banking. I can use some examples to display some skills. Surely you would need much more than that to get into investment banking.