Any tips for my first attempt at networking in IB?

Hello everybody, I am a first year finance student, so even though I’m still quite young I still want to start networking as soon as possible, and the 27th some big investment banks are going to present themselves in my uni, and I was wondering if any of you guys could give me any tip whatsoever on how to win them over so I can start networking. What questions should I ask them to get a conversation going with them? Should I try to get their LinkedIn? My goal is to simply expand my network so if anybody has any idea how to help, that would be sincerely appreciated :)

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