Hedge Fund Back-Office vs. Sales and Trading Internship
I am a junior at a well-regarded semi-target school in the Midwest, and struck out in trying to obtain a sales and trading summer internship at a bulge bracket firm. I did, however, receive and accept a back-to-mid office position at a premier hedge fund, which will consist of basically doing financial data analysis, with limited direct exposure to the firm's trading operation.
My question is: will it be possible for me to obtain a full-time Associate position in sales and trading given that I will have spent the summer in this capacity at the hedge fund.
you wont be able to lateral from it and say YEAH MAN I CONSOLIDATED TRADES I TOTALLY CAN TRADE YOUR SUNSHINE LINKED DERIVATIVES! but it may help some knowing the product for an S&T interview
^Aside from potential drunkenness, totally agree - go with S&T internship hands down.
there's no comparison between the two. Your internship should be focused on what you want to do and not what firm it is from.
The way I would see it is, you can choose to be best friends with a solid 9 or hook up with a 7 that will fuck your brains out.
Fuck no you will not get a FT offer at a S&T desk if your previous internship is a BO role. S&T requires killer instinct, either you have it or you don't. BO is for people that are very process oriented and preferred things to be highly structured.
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