Summer Opportunities

Which would you take of the following summer opportunities:

- Investment Banking General at Barclays (likely healthcare/power & utilities)
- Investment Banking General at Citi (likely healthcare, although will try for M&A)
- Leveraged Finance (part of Global Capital Markets) at Morgan Stanley
- Alternative Investment Internship at BlackRock

I'm looking mainly for exit opportunities, and I know it's group dependent for each bank so I've listed where I think I'd end up. I know you should network to get a better idea, and I'm already in the process for that. Please share your ideas, and I'd appreciate any insight - especially in regards to groups e.g. "healthcare at Citi is particularly strong/weak," and exit opps., as previously mentioned.

Let me know your thoughts y'all.

19 Comments
 

What kind of exit opps? PE/HF/AM? Where in BAI would you be? BAI is quite large and has numerous subgroups...

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be”
 

not to sound too ignorant (although I am), I know VC/PE are fairly different experiences and require different skills so exit opps would be different for each opportunity. I'm taking a look around Barclays today, so I'll have an insider's perspective.

 

Out of BAI PE FofF, its possible you could have some PE exits (although not top tier). It depends if you get work on any co-invest deals.

Out of HFoF, exit ops are weak.

Definitely don't take BAI if that is your goal.

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be”
 
Best Response

Unless you can get GCM to guarantee you Lev Fin, definitely take Citi. If you get GCM ECM or IG or some random group, exit ops will be non existent. Even out of lev fin, they won't be amazing, but they might be okay. you'll get very little modeling experience, so pe/hf will be very tough, but the MS brand will probably get you in the door somewhere...

for group offers: If you get no group offers from Citi and have GCM Lev Fin, maybe take that. Citi M&A, Telecom, Media, Industrials, FEG, take over Lev Fin

my $0.02

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be”
 

Impedit fugiat est earum et consequatur aliquam voluptas excepturi. Labore animi dolorum numquam dolorem. Est molestiae cupiditate quaerat officia vel eos. Corrupti sequi fugiat ea ipsam quod nulla.

Sequi corrupti ullam libero numquam sint. Odio ea ea voluptates est. Expedita rerum facere repudiandae dicta sit quod dolore.

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
6
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
7
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
8
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
9
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
10
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”