Which offer in risk management to take is better for lateraling into IBD

Hey guys, I am a recent grad from a semi target. Due to the late awareness of wanting to break into IB. I started recruiting in my senior year to break into those banks first. Ironically, I only have three offers right now, which are all in the Risk division. 

Offer A is a bulge bracket in Dallas/Salt Lake City, Credit Risk, more to the financial modeling side, and I believe Credit Risk is much easier to lateral into IBD?

Offer B is another bulge bracket in Buffalo, New York, the position focuses on credit risk reporting, nothing to the financial modeling side, but closer to the New York office as compared to offer A.

Offer C is Market Risk in an European Bank in NYC, where I beleive internal mobility could more liquid than BB

Can anyone shade some light on which offer to pick? I appreciate that!

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Easy choice. A by a long shot. You'll get transaction, modeling, and broader corp finance experience + direct exposure to IBD teams to network. A will give you a skillset to try to move internally after two years, or lateral externally. Non-NYC location will make it harder, though. 

B and C will make the transition very very difficult. Reporting and market risk are equally not relevant. 

 
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