Switching Intern divisions/returning for next summer
I recently landed an internship at JPM/GS/MS type bank. I am interning in commercial/corporate banking, and I want to come back as investment banking or equity research either full-time or next summer as an intern. I was wondering how I should approach this summer? I am a junior and will be entering my senior year after completing this internship. I plan on pursuing a BS masters to pivot. Any advice? Relevant background information below:
Demographic information:
1) Target background
2) Qualified for diversity program
3) Not in NYC, other big city (Chicago/Houston/LA/SF)
First off, there’s a big difference in Commercial and Corporate banking so you should clarify that better because that definitely changes the difficulty of your equation.
That being said, i did something similar where I interned Sophomore summer at a big BB in commercial banking but i had previously networked with the CIB guys and built a connection with their program manager. Ended up taking one of the last spots for the upcoming IB intern class and interned junior summer in IB.
Your best route is to figure out who the program manger for IB at ur bank is, connect with them, explain your goals, have coffee chats and grow closer, kill your internship and get really good referrals/ recommendations and reviews. Best case scenario you get a return and explain how you really like the firm but want to do IB instead
TLDR: Connect with the IB program manager, excel in ur internship, network, get good reviews and a return the pray.
Cheers
echoing this, good points made
let ur plans be known but i would advise not too early cuz its a bad look wanting to jump when you havent even experienced what com/corp banking has to offer
I agree with this, don’t tell your other interns or supervisors during your internship but only tell the program manager for where you are trying to land.
If you express to your group how you want to jump they’ll probably leave you out of the return offers since they know you don’t wanna be there
Why don't you just say you're at JPM?
Dude thinks MS and GS have commercial banks lmfao
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