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M&A at mid-tier BB would exit better than average/bad groups at GS/JPM/MS for UMM/MF PE. My friend from a mid-tier BB in the M&A group got really great looks for UMM/MF, and ended up only interviewing at MFs.

I currently work at a "weaker group" at a top BB, and the PE exits aren't nearly as good as you think

 

Interesting take...but what would you consider to be the average/bad groups at GS/JPM/MS

Pretty sure most of the groups OP listed for GS/MS/JPM are definitely better than NatRes at Barclays

 

GS Industrials has had arguably the best placement in all GS IBD over the past 3 years. Culture is absolute trash though. Friend works on their floor and... yep.

Source: Work in GS TMT/FIG

 

Out of curiosity, why do you think Industrials is able to place better than TMT/FIG? Because of self selection, it would seem logical to guess that TMT/FIG would place the best because those are the most desirable groups which would attract the most competitive people. Does Industrials place the best because of a higher proportion of people actively recruiting for PE while I imagine some in TMT/FIG would be more inclined to stay on A2A?

 

Congrats on GS FIG.

Btw, GS TMT analysts didn't even recruit for on-cycle that much this year because of how busy they were, they didn't want to, etc. GS TMT definitely gets better looks than any other GS group though

Source: GS TMT SA 

 

If they didn't recruit for on-cycle, would they still be able to exit to MF/UMM through off-cycle recruiting?

 

I would argue that similar to SA placements and what school you are at, the bank/group you are in will help you get looks but it’s highly dependent on the candidate to land the offer.

I am at a mid-tier BB and most of the kids I was competing with spots for during OCR were at “top-tier” banks/groups (GS FIG, MS M&A, Barclays Power), but I managed to get the spot over them.

 

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