Capital markets or risk consulting?

I have two options out of undergrad : take a capital markets development program offer at a commercial bank (not elite) OR take a risk and compliance consulting offer (also not MBB elite boutique or big4 but still good firm) I want to keep my options open because I’m not sure whether I want to eventually pivot to IB than PE? Or real estate PE? Or management consulting and then private equity. I would say my end goal is PE but I’m not sure whether I want to take it on from the operations side or finance side yet. Which offer do you recommend I take?

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“Rachel helped me through the very beginning and we had several iterations that were crucial to the development of a better and great CV for applications. I appreciate her patience and puntual feedback every single time. Also the response time was very short and kept me aware of any delay. It kept me on line for what I had to do and some areas to focus that I didn't knowe before, and some of them honestly I didn't have any idea. Very well all around work”

Class of '24 Dec 2025 Cohort

5.00/5

Private Equity Mock Coffee Chat

“Julius was extremely helpful in breaking down the accounting concepts, especially allowing me the opportunity to walk through a question step by step on how the three financial statements are impacted across income, cash flow and balance sheet along with figuring out the mental math for it all. The concept for Equity Value to Enterprise value and bridging between the two were fairly straight forward. Along with the networking advice on reaching out to potential recruiters for Investment banking roles and how lateral recruitement is happening year end vs going into Q1 next year.”

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