Advice about next moves
Guys I just wanted to ask somebody and get some opinions ( the more honest the better)...
I am a final year master finance student at semi-target (did bachelor in home country where IB is non-existent).I have internship experience in operational/int.control/IT risk in big 4,military and volunteering experience and some additional extracurriculars but no finance or IB internship experience. I tried to apply for IB internships in EMEA countries(I currently study/live in one of them), but I was limited by some language requirements and penultimate year requirements(couldn’t complete internships last summer since I was still in service). Eventually I applied to over 50 IB M&A/Capital Markets/ ER etc internships, I think I got assessments from 20 of them, in about 10 of them I did great (according to the automated report) but I had a single unsuccessful interview at a MM bank with no success and all the other companies interested in interviews so far are f500 for CF roles or Big 4 firms, with banks ghosting me for 1-2 months ( but only a couple rejected me outright).
My point is since I am in my final year should I:
a) give up and focus to get a job in transaction M&A at big 4/valuation advisory firms and try move to IB as a lateral 2-3 years later?
b) keep trying for internships (for instance off-cycle, is this still possible even after graduation?)
c) apply for full time roles if I see any openings?
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