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Most BBs will not let you do A2A as a lateral, even coming from another BB/EB... you should plan on 3 years as an analyst if you lateral in your second year. Which actually works out fine because you can do oncycle with no issues.

3 companies in 3 years isn't amazing but presumably, you'll be at your PE job for 2-3 years or more. Also it's a little better when you had a clear path to landing PE, it's less advisable when people are jumping around between very similar companies.

This is unfortunately all a bit hypothetical as I'd expect close to zero lateral spots opening up this summer/fall... banks are hoping for natural attrition, not backfilling leavers, and there are a lot of recently laid-off BB analysts in the market right now. I would still be taking HH calls and looking at any interesting PE opportunities from your current bank.

 

Bump. I'm interested in thoughts on this as well, and specifically on my situation (same thing but one year ahead). I lateraled from MM IB to BB at start of 2022 and am wrapping up year 2 as an analyst in IB. I'm interested in PE but held off on recruiting to get more deal reps and see if I actually liked banking since I saw a glimmer of hope. That hope has since faded. Should I go for buyside opportunities now / attempt for off-cycle or do something else? 

 

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