December Grad FT IBD Search
I'm an Honors student with a Finance Major, Legal Reasoning and Analysis Minor at a non-target private school. GPA is 3.3+/4 (3.7 major GPA) and will be graduating in December (4.5 years) once I finish my econometrics thesis on LIBOR-OIS spreads and overnight unsecured rates.
I've had internships the last 3 summers in PM, IM, and a small VC firm where I gained a lot of valuation experience and built a lot of stochastic models.
I also have alot of experience with the R programming language.
I'm just trying to figure out whether I have a fighting chance for a full time IBD offer. I've started applying to every opening I've found and understand that FT jobs get posted in August. I've also been working on finding a spring start/internship since I know my pedigree does not make me an IB write-in.
What companies should I be looking at and what are my chances of securing an offer?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I don't think it's necessarily individual companies who you should trying to distinguish between. All BB are going to care about your GPA about the same amount. Similar with EB. With general middle market boutiques, there will be much more variability around what they actually care about, so that's definitely a safer group to target. You could always try calling up a few bankers to see what you think on a service like The Lobby or similar if you've got some extra cash laying around
Definitely think you have a fighting chance, but just need to hustle. Have heard JPM has already finished recruiting for this year's IB analyst class. So just get moving ASAP if you can and target as many firms as possible until a handful give you a shot for an interview.
That’s really valuable advice from both of you. I really appreciate your input.
Sure thing. Just let me know if there's anything else I can do to help
Yeah you've got a really solid background. Should be in good shape assuming you talk to the right people
Hey folks (@WhitePaper , AnotherAnother, PenAndPencils) it took a bit of elbow grease to get it done, but just finished my first year in IB in NYC. Y'all gave some great advice and I appreciate the input. Hope I get to repay the favor some day soon
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