Take a Big 4 Sophomore Year?

Hi. I am a rising sophomore and just got an interview at a Big 4 company. I want to go into IB, preferably at a BB obviously, and have applied to a bunch for next summer. If I get this intern role at the Big 4, should I take it? Would this be good as resume builder and would this look good to BBs junior summer?

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All of those are really good and would set you up well. I did valuations at a mid tier accounting firm and landed BB SA. Even Big 4 audit is acceptable for sophomore year contrary to what the above poster said. I've seen a lot of people do Big 4 audit and then get BB SA their junior year. Obviously boutique IB would be best but a good bit of people don't have any IB experience before their SA stint.

 

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