Sophomore BB internships
Monkeys, I'm a sophomore non-target at a top school on the west coast (Cal/UCLA), and am trying to break into BB IB in NY. During my freshman year i interned at an small investment bank and am interning at another bank in the fall. I know some of the BB Sophomore programs aren't exclusive to diversity candidates and was interested in Citi in particular. How should I go about maximizing my chances (reach out to recruiters, analysts/associates, or is it pretty hopeless?)
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CAL is not a non-target, hit up the SF offices at BBs some have sophomore programs non-diversity
BB Internship Summer of Sophomore Year (Originally Posted: 05/27/2012)
Hey Guys,
Currently I'm somewhat lost on how I should proceed in terms of networking for next year's recruiting season. First a little background - I'm a first year at a target that sends a good amount of students to BB's each year. I ended my freshmen year with a 3.8 GPA and played on the squash team at my school (just a club - we don't have a varsity team yet). For the past 4 years I've been interning all summer at 2 separate private equity firms - 1 firm during my 10th - 11th summers and the other firm my senior and freshmen year in college. Though I've been interning for a while, I've mainly been doing menial tasks and definitely do not know how to model and such.
My question is, is there any point in networking to land a BB summer analyst gig for my sophomore summer? I know most people get BB internships their junior year, but will I have a chance from my past internships?
One final question - how do you list menial internships on your resume? Sure I've been interning for four years, but perhaps the most important thing I did was attend fund meetings and take notes / offer my opinion on the companies.
Thanks for the help
Yeah you can try networking since your at a target it will help. It's better to reach out early. I have had interviews at banks as a sophomore at a non-target because I took the liberty to network. Start now but realize spots are very competitive and juniors usually take precedence in terms of getting the offer. anything is possible
and for the menial internships quantify your work and show how you added value....for example your copious notes benefited fund managers by increasing client retention by 25%. Thats just some bs example but you get the idea....show value added
Thanks for the reply rs12
Agree with what's said. Take the initiative and start laying the groundwork now for a BB internship. I'll be doing one in a few weeks as a sophomore and it was in pushing and meeting the right people at the right time. Truly. You've a great background and the only thing separating you and many other qualified applicants who apply for the sophomore programs will be drive and enthusiasm, so start making a list of alumni to reach out to and a list of BB soph. programs who've heard of and know of.
Agreed. The advantage you have at a target is a strong alumni base. Although Finance majors at other schools are gonna be breathing down your back heavily, so there's competition.
Alright thanks guys. I'm going to start sending out emails tomorrow. I'm planning on having a list of at least 150 people I can talk with by the recruiting season coming up this year.
Advice Needed: Sophomore SA at BB (Originally Posted: 05/13/2017)
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