To the PE Firms that take sophomore interns
To the PE firms that take sophomore interns, what kind of work are they given?
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Several MFs take sophomores from the top handful of target schools. The idea is soph summer in PE, banking summer, back to the PE shop for FT
I’ve not heard of a single shop doing this
oh wow, wasn't aware (i'm not in the US)
Bitch work
The same as any other intern - text comments, research, profiles, light excel (benchmarking type work) and probably an intern project to keep you busy
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