Attempting to go from SWE internship to IB -- looking for any advice

Hi, I am a rising senior majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Math. I'm currently interning at Amazon as a Software Engineer and the reason for this is because I didn't fully decide that I wanted to go into finance until after recruiting for 2023 internships were over. I know that the position I'm in is very good for the tech industry, but I really do not enjoy the work at all. The main question I'm really asking is if it's really possible? I know that IB is very hard to break into even starting with internships, but to be completely honest I know that I could do the work.


I'm really wondering about what recruiters are looking for in resumes (or where I can find that information). My current resume has my work experience (including Amazon) along with some projects I've worked on. Half of these are completely unrelated to "finance" other than one that is geared to arbitrage and another where I built a Black-Scholes algorithm and monte carlo sim. Should I include these in my resume? 


I'm definitely going to try to utilize any connections I have where I can, but any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

 

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