Basically in the past year I have done internships with 5 different banks, all in IBD. As you'd expect my description of my responsibilities at each bank are roughly similar.
I'm wondering when applying for SA positions, if recruiters will appreciate my enthusiasm for banking and like that' I've done 5 internships, or will they see doing the same job 5 times as bad thing?
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Just dont list them all.
on the otehr hand though, look at frigging jan sramek's resume, he was a serial intern and obviously he has done well for himself (lets please not start the jan sramek debate here).
5 IBD internships? I think you are good dude.
^ yup, impressive!
Give me one.
it's not a bad thing!
I'd list the oldest two or three with minimal bullet points (what sets it apart from the rest). Go into more detail on your 2/3 internships (what you worked on that was different, deals, transactions). I'm pretty sure you were not doing the same thing 5 years ago than what you are doing now. That would be sad.
You will probably be ok, lol.
Regards
This is a dumb question. How can more experience ever be a bad thing as an undergrad?
Also, HR (and the IBD guys looking at your CV) will discount the one week spring weeks you did. Just don't do something people find very annoying like only listing the year of an internship and intentionally omitting that it was just a one week spring week etc. People hate that.
^ I can see how it might not be as good as you think. Alot of experience no doubt but 5 banks in a year is a lot. Might... might come off as lack of dedication or something to that effect. Moving around alot seems that you have worked alot of places but not enough time to settle in and really learn alot. But I think it will be good in this exception. Post the one's that you are most proud of on your resume(most learned there, most hands on work, most prestigious).
It's kind of surprising for someone to go through that many places even before FT and I can see where the worry is.
Has there been an upward trend in banks? If so, that can help people to see that you're moving to different firms for the reputation.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet:
You did 5 internships in one year, so each internship only lasted between 2-3 months? I don't see how many short stints are greater than one longer stint where you were able to take on more projects and gain more responsibility, unless of course your going to better firms each time (still 4 jumps upwards in a year to different firms seems weird). I can't see a bank wanting to hire someone whose longest work stint is consistently around 3 months.
I don't mean to criticize, you may be setup great for SA stint, but I think we're missing details here.
You're still in university, so you've taken on these internships while in school?
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