Advice Needed... HELP!

Graduated in 2009 from target, but got stuck doing operations at a non-bank financial institution for the past 18 months (think Bloomberg, Reuters, Dealogic, etc). Good grades, but no internship experience at all.

Recently received an offer from a options market maker as a trainee trader (recent start-up from former IMC/Optiver/AllOptions/etc folks).

Also in the final round interviews for 1) corporate banking gig at a BB, 2) fixed income Asset Management gig at a BB, 3) asset management gig at a global asset management firm.

My goal is to go into private equity in the long-term (either pre or post MBA). I know prop trading won't get me there, but staying in my current job will also not help either.

Should I accept the the trading offer, and continue shop around? Will it look okay on my resume if I find another gig in say 2-3 months down the line and ditch my trading job for asset management / corporate banking? Or should I drop all my current offers / interviews and just focus on getting IB/PE interviews?

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

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