How to leverage engineering experience
I have 3 internships worth of engineering experience in various roles, some more technical than others, and I will be attending a MSF program starting this September. The only business related internship was one in a technical sales type role. I was wondering how I can leverage my engineering experience when talking with recruiters/alumni. I would love to network for IB jobs but I just can't figure out how to mold my story or make investment bankers interested in me. If IB is not possible, what other industries/fields in finance do you think I might add value? Looking for any advice because I don't have the traditional junior year IB internship during my junior year.
Are you a Comp. E or CS major? You could easily land a role as a quant developer at a bank assuming you're in a top 5-10 MFE/MSF program or were in a top 5-10 undergrad program. Honestly, you probably would know how it worked in CS- they sit you down for an interview and make sure you know how to program by drilling you on algorithms, software engineering, and math.
I know a few people in Engineering at Illinois who got hired directly into Quant roles at a few hedge funds, if that's something that might interest you. The MSF degree would have to be extremely math heavy and be from a top five school for you to have a good shot at landing a quant position, but it might be something to look into.
If a quant position does not sound appealing to you and you want to go into something like sales or maybe a TA role, you will have to fight against the "nerdy engineer" stereotype. Even us programmers are kinda aggressive- you have to come off as aggressive, decisive, and tough under pressure to land a TA gig. But the trading floor can always use someone who's numerate. Research usually can too, and it might also be a good fit.
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