I'm trying to get a summer internship at a boutique IB in Beijing. There are quite a few of these shops and I have a list drawn up already. The problem is that I don't know whether to email/call the MD straight up to ask for a job, or to ask him out for a coffee or an informational interview, and then ask him if he has any openings in person.
What do you guys think?
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Try to set up and informational interview first. And after that expect to talk about potential internship.
You don't normally cold-call girls to ask for sex directly. Same thing. Play smoothly unless you really have something amazing to put on the table (you don't need to cold-call for an internship if that's the case then)
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