Top 20 IB Offer or Middle-Office Citadel Offer?

Currently a junior at a semi-target school, I recently secured an internship offer from Citadel in their middle office as an operations generalist intern. Additionally, I've received an offer for an investment banking position at a top 20 league tables (BB/MM) investment bank. I'm seeking guidance on the prestige, learning opportunities, and value of each internship and the factors I should take into consideration.

For more information about the Citadel internship, you can refer to this link: https://www.citadel.com/careers/details/operations-intern-us/. As for the investment banking internship, I prefer to keep the details anonymous.

I'm particularly interested in understanding which internship would enhance my resume more. Is a middle office internship at Citadel valuable, and does it serve as a worthwhile entry point into the alternative investment manager industry? Alternatively, should I lean towards sticking with the investment banking offer?

Which one is more prestigious on the resume? Which one will likely provide a better learning experience?

I also have my personal preferences and interests towards each of these respective roles, but would rather just hear objective perspectives from all the IB & HF people here. Thank you in advance!

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I’m going to make an educated guess that OP’s in either a low-tier BB like Wells Fargo or a MM firm since he said “top 20”.

Since when was Wells Fargo a BB? Don't be absurd.

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