Feb 19, 2015

BB Credit Risk vs BB S&T vs Fortune 100 Investment Analyst

As the title suggests, I got three internship offers and I am split between the first two. I am worried about career prospects in S&T but work in credit seems to be a little less exciting. I am hoping to either break into research in a bank or break into a HF (Event Driven/Macro). I am leaning towards S&T but again, I would like some advice. I enjoy learning about the markets but it seems that I'll get more tangible skills from the credit risk internship.

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it comes down to weather you're a fundamental or macro guy (btw macro and event driven are quite different). You're correct in that the credit risk provides more tangible skills...but only if you want to be a fundamentals guy (could be debt or equities). On the other hand S&T could offer you some opportunities to more macro type products (FX, rates, EM etc)...but you could also end up on a fundamental product on S&T. If you are totally risk averse (don't know your personal situation) I would probably lean towards credit risk as the outlook is a bit better longer term and probably easier to convert. That said I would choose the S&T option because it is a bit more prestigious- people may scoff but it is easier to get a full time interview in credit risk after doing a S&T internship but likely not the other way around. Also keep in mind what you learn from a credit risk internship can be somewhat replicated through self study (plenty of books) whereas it would be very hard to replicate working on a trading desk. Good luck

 

it comes down to weather you're a fundamental or macro guy (btw macro and event driven are quite different). You're correct in that the credit risk provides more tangible skills...but only if you want to be a fundamentals guy (could be debt or equities). On the other hand S&T could offer you some opportunities to more macro type products (FX, rates, EM etc)...but you could also end up on a fundamental product on S&T. If you are totally risk averse (don't know your personal situation) I would probably lean towards credit risk as the outlook is a bit better longer term and probably easier to convert. That said I would choose the S&T option because it is a bit more prestigious- people may scoff but it is easier to get a full time interview in credit risk after doing a S&T internship but likely not the other way around. Also keep in mind what you learn from a credit risk internship can be somewhat replicated through self study (plenty of books) whereas it would be very hard to replicate working on a trading desk. Good luck

 

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