Accelerated Offer from Houlihan Lokey. Don't know if I should take it.
I am an undergraduate student at a semi-target/target that received an accelerated offer for HL CF next summer. I tried to leverage this for accelerated superdays at other firms, but they said it was just too early. However, a BB MD who is fairly powerful has been really stubborn and is telling me that I should reject the HL offer because I am a "strong candidate for traditional investment banks." He even set up a phone call with me two weeks from now (3 days before my offer deadline) for whatever reason. Really confused on what to do.
***Note: The BB I am referring to became very HR driven this year, so I do not know how much pull the MD really has.
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I think it depends on what you want. Given that you already attempted to take the offer to other banks, it seems to me that you genuinely don't think HL is the place for you. I would hold off until literally the last minute and continue reaching out. Tons of banks haven't started yet, and given from the hesitant vibes, don't take the offer because you're probably going to question if it was right for a while.
Nonetheless, HL is a great firm with a strong culture. There really isn't a wrong choice - just preference
Honestly, my biggest criteria are 1) Exits Ops into relatively well-known PE/HF firms, and 2) good enough brand name to get into a top business or law school if I decide to do that in the future. Brand name matters but just to an extent that my resume would be well-respected and sought after on the street. Furthermore, would HL provide me with such a platform?
It will be an uphill battle for those goals coming out of any group besides RX. Many exits from CF tend to be MM PE or LMM PE from what I've heard.
But would the MM PE/HF firms be well-known in their given space? Trying to understand if being in MM is necessarily a disadvantage.
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