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Even though I appreciate the question, it seems that your classification is mainly based on "prestige", since it's virtually identical to many such rankings found all over the internet.

That doesn't make it inherently flawed; however, other factors must be considered as well. For example, would you take an offer from JPM if it concerned being in a team whose industry or vertical you don't really like, just for the name of the bank on your CV, over doing what you prefer within PEPI/PIPE/PEG in MBB?

But you say that you would not care, and would pull through regardless. I respect that. But what if we examine the quality of the experience instead, how can you be certain that the holy trinity of banks will most likely provide you with a superior experience on what you would like to do (which seem quite vague, aside from maybe wanting to go into PE in the future), rather than consultancies that offer much more rounded experience and more differentiated exits?

Of course, this is not a rant against your dreams or the banks mentioned above. I'm just saying that, unless you have a clear target in mind for what you'd like to gain or learn by going down the IB route, maybe prestige rankings will not offer you the most optionality or the best chance to "succeed", whether that is joining an MF or achieving long-term satisfaction from your career (which two are obviously not necessarily mutually exclusive).

tldr; maybe consider first which criteria exist and can affect your decision, how important each of them are to you and your specific goals, and how can they be best maximized in practice, and then come up with a list curated to address them.

Just my two cents.