received an offer and I need help ASAP

help me out boys: to give some context: I am a student at a target in europe. However due to low grades and not perfecting the local language of where I live, its been tough to secure an offer at a good firm. I will graduate soon and I am in desperate need of some IB experience, so I decided to search some boutique investment banks in my area and contact them directly (cold calling, linked in etc..), some bank budged and decided to interview me. He is a great guy however the boutique is very small (2-10 employees, not much deal flow, and small deals) so I am a bit hesitant to directly take it. I have 2 interviews with similar firms lined up too. My question is can you actually build a career if u start at such a small firm? can you lateral to a bigger firm? What characteristics I need to look for when I am deciding whether I’ll take the offer or not. Please remember I am based in Europe (not UK and US). Any tips about boutique banks in Europe is greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance (sorry for the long text)

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Brother a MS MD told me just 2 weeks ago that even if you can get 5-10M EV deals experience, that is a good start, when I mentioned if it would be possible to lateral at a shop starting at 50-100 M EV deals. 
Don’t chase prestige, chase experience.

MBA is always a back up option in the future, get real IB experience for now. You’ll be preferred over someone who does something totally unrelated once market picks up.

 
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