MM intern to FT at BB?
I will be interning this summer at a middle-market bank in Chicago (BGL, D.A. Davidson, HSBC). Is it possible to move to a bulge bracket bank (J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley) for a full-time role in Chicago afterward, and what is the best way to go about doing that?
For context, I switched my major from aerospace engineering to finance and accounting and was very late to this year’s recruiting cycle. I feel that if I had been earlier in the process, I could have placed at a top bank. Ik people are going to say just network, but is this even possible coming from low tier MM or am I better off moving up MM. I also have been told I should stay 1 yr and then try and move up to gain actual deal experience. Curious if anyone has done this or had similar time lines.
Nope. Get out as soon as you can. Network your tail off. (If you’re not maxing out your LinkedIn connection requests you’re not working hard enough)
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Yes you can and do not focus on networking no matter what anyone says 💀. I’ve gotten EB & BB interviews no networking. Just get the return… and you will be fine
So you literally just cold applied? No network, no referral, nothing? And still got EB/BB? Did you land offer?
Just get the return. FT Recruiting is the absolute worst. Everyone wants to fill up analyst class with interns and most BBs (MS and BOFA) aren’t even opening any FT positions this cycle.
Must’ve not networked hard enough lol cuz MS did run a FT process but you needed a referral to get in
Much much easier to do a year and then lateral, many more slots. The main issue that a lot of people that try this for FT is that they spend too much time on networking and don't get the return offer. Market is dead for laterals right now both from summer to full-time and general analyst hiring.
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