Unpaid MF PE/EB/MBB internship
I have an offer, through personal connections, to do an unpaid internship at a well-known MF PE / EB / MBB firm during my freshman summer. The catch is that I won’t be formally registered in their system, but I will have a direct internship supervisor, their contact information, and a letter of recommendation. My concern is whether this could cause problems during formal recruiting background checks later on. I can truthfully attest to having done the internship — I’ll be working in person and have the documentation mentioned — but I’m wondering whether HR teams will ever be contacted or if this could raise red flags.
these are three different things?
Should be fine if background check invoked providing email info of internship supervisor and letter of internship - my worry is about if the background check involved calling HR at the firm, who will not find me in the system.
I think you’ll be fine - I did something similar as well, think BB, and didn’t have issues with background check and am at another larger bank
Ok thank you
MFPE/EB/MBB/BB/MM/LMM/B4/B5/GS/MS/JPM/KKR/APO/BX (Think IB, PE, VC, HF, ER, S&T)
might have to call it an externship if it's not an official program
when you do the background check they will ask for the phone number of your supervisor. When that time comes, message this supervisor and say, "hey, look out for this phone call or tell your assistant/secretary to do so." It definitely won't be a problem
What if you don’t have the contact information, does an offer letter work for background check?
No. the background check provider will likely be a third party unless at a very large institution. you say in your post you have the contact info though? Don't you think you'll be able to ask your supervisor for it?
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