So I did some shit.....It's pretty bad...
This past summer I was an intern at a major buy side shop. I spent time in both the front office and the back office.
This year I've been pursuing summer analyst positions in investment banking. When doing informational interviews with bankers, I've talked about the buy side internship as though it were JUST front office work.
I am about to go through first round interviews.
I have 2 options at this point...
1: Continue with this deception. I have no doubt that I can get offers without anyone ever questioning the legitimacy of my claims. The danger is that after accepting an offer....they find out the truth during a background check (calling the buy side shop), and I have my offer rescinded (and I turn into the next jeffrey chiang).
2: During in person interviews say that the internship involved both front office and back office work. My chance of getting offers goes way down, but the chances of me failing a background check goes down to zero.
I go to a target school so fortunately I've been able to get a ton of first rounds (8 so far). With the honesty route, I'm sure I can land at least SOMETHING that's pure front office for next summer.
Your opinion?
I don't want my name to go next to jeffrey chiang's.
I'd opt for somewhere in between. Mention that work of an operational nature was part of the internship, but emphasize the significance of the investment side of the role. They're probably not going to ask the firm what % of your time that was allocated to each area, so you can stretch the truth a bit and shape the experience you had there how you'd like. If it's a small HF, they'll understand that as a junior guy you were doing a bit of everything. That's how it goes at small shops.
And in the end, they aren't expecting you to be a fully trained analyst at this stage. You were there for a summer. You got a taste. They just want to know that you can handle it.
do investment banks really have the time to call up other shops and ask them was a 20 year old intern did for them last summer?
Not mentioning you also worked in the back office is not the same thing as saying you didn't work in the back office at all. It's OK to only highlight things about your work experience that put you in the best light.
The MAJORITY of my time (as a percentage) was spent in the back office.
Does this change your opinions?
No, most people are only going to stress things about their past work experience that will help them land the job they're looking for.
Add the 3 most important things that you worked on during that summer as bullet points on your resume. You shouldn't have to talk about anything more than what you already have listed.
Even if you did lie, this is far from "some really bad shit"
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