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Hi,

This summer I wil graduate from a semi target business school with a degree in finance. During this year, I was able to secure interviews at JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. I was however not offered a position.

Now that IB recruitment is over in the UK, I will have to look for another type of job outside IB. This does not mean that I do not want to break into investment banking in the future. What type of job would you guys advise to take to get into IB in the near future (think two years)? Going to business school again is not an option. I am thinking of trading with an energy company, big 4 (e.g. FAS at Deloitte), ...

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