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ties to west coast are a must. lie if you have to. will not get an offer if you can’t explain why LA.
Echoing this. Extremely difficult even with ties at a non-LA target, and effort is better put in other places IMO
Not even worth trying just a couple firms? Maybe 10% of the total amount of firms I try to network with?
Why LA is the most important question for LA banking, you mess that up they probably won't take you no matter what. I recruited super heavily for LA (did not attend a west coast target or have personal connections to LA) and I had to do a ton of convincing that I genuinely wanted to be there. Ended up getting a few looks and did get an offer but I was also lucky that I had knew people that had connections to LA that could crack open the door for me. If it wasn't for that I don't think I would have gotten an offer. LA banking is sick though and you should definitely at least try. Timeline wise it depends, the processes I was in were all pretty slow, slightly faster than NY but slower than SF. HL was abnormally early this year though.
Why would you say it’s sick? I go to an LA target (USC/UCLA) so definitely trying to break in
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