Any advice? I have offers for a MM IB internship and a BB ( think Barclays, UBS, Citi) S&T internship as a sophomore for this coming summer in NYC. I want to work in IB after college. Would the S&T BB experience be useful for a Junior year IB offer at a BB? I would assume my IB experience would count more but would I be missing out on networking opportunities at the BB?
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If you want to do IB, take the IB position. Any amount of "networking opportunities" you would be missing at BB are insignificant compared to the actual experience/resume building youll get from actually working in IB.
Higher tier or lower tier MM (out of simple curiosity)? If you want to work in IB I would definitely take the MM IB.
A sophomore IB internship is very very rare and will give you a huge leg up for BB SA recruiting next summer. I wouldn't pass it up. Puts you in the 1% of applicants for SA. And you really don't need to be concerned that you're at a MM instead of BB. The BB won't care..
High tier MM. I am leaning towards the IB internship as it is a well structured program for the interns and I have heard sophomores also get actual work.
MM IB for sure
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