Advice for recent grad w/o return offer

I recently graduated and did not receive a return offer last summer (LevFin at MM). Ideally, I wanted to end up back in banking, whether it was IB, CB, S&T, etc. However, I think it may be time to move on as I keep making it into interview processes but consistently get passed on for candidates with a year or two of experience. I am looking for any advice anyone has for me. What are some interesting career paths that would be intellectually stimulating based on thinking I would be doing banking (I find the idea of working in corporate FP&A very uninteresting and monotonous)? Or should I continue to try to land something in banking over the course of this summer? Any and all thoughts are appreciated.

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