Finance Internship at F200 Pharmaceutical vs. Tax Intern at Deloitte for investment banking/management consulting full-time recruiting
Hello, I'm a junior at a target undergrad business school (Ross/McIntire/McDonough) and I have 2 offers for this upcoming summer. One is a finance internship at a Fortune 200 pharmaceutical (think Roche/Novartis/Baier, so not exactly Pfizer tier but pretty close), and the other is a tax internship at Deloitte. Pay/location is not important for me, I just want to pick the option that will help me better with full-time recruitment for investment banking (and maybe corporate finance/asset management/other departments seem fun too if I don't get I-banking) and management consulting for next year.
I think the finance internship is more relevant, but it's hard to pass up on the Deloitte brand name. Of the people I've spoken to, only a handful recognize the pharmaceutical's name despite it being really well-known in my opinion. I'm concerned that the tax internship at Deloitte would pigeonhole me into only tax positions in the future, while I would like to keep my options open. But I can see how it's just an internship, so it may not be pigeonhole me. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!
Bump please. I need to make this decision ASAP
Id probably take the Finance internship. A transition from an FP&A internship to IB seems a lot more logical than Tax to IB.
The main thing to acknowledge is that neither is ideal for IBD, and so therefore you either will or wont get into IB through hustle/interview capability/being personable. Take a deep breath and know neither internship will make or break your chances for IBD/MC. That said, I cannot think of one reason why you would choose the Tax internship over FP&A for MC / IB (and I have been in both IB and MC).
Thanks for your help! The one reason I'm leaning towards Deloitte is the brand name, because I feel that it will help me stand out more than a role at a F200 Pharma (which, from checking on LinkedIn, many people seem to have). But I can also see a lot of people going to Deloitte Tax, so I don't know if it's actually regarded to be better. I've also heard that if banks/consultancies see that students can get into well-known firms like Deloitte, it's a sign that the student is very competent (since Deloitte had like 3 rounds of interviews). What are your thoughts on this - worth sticking with Deloitte for the brand name bump over Roche/Novartis/Baier? Worst comes to worst, if I genuinely don't like tax, then I guess I can speak with someone at Deloitte and ask them if I can get another role within the firm during full-time recruitment that's more aligned with my long-term goals.
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