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I’m biased because I denied IB offers to go buy-side, but if you want to do IB full-time then going IB as a SA is probs your best bet to go IB FT. If the PE fund has had some solid returns and it fits in your parameters (ex. $1B+ AUM, decent track record for sending associates to MBA business schools">M7, experienced partners, etc.) and if they give out FT offers it wouldn’t be a bad bet to go PE->HF. However IB will probably give you the most flexibility for exit opps if you’re unsure on what you want to do after your analyst stint. To put it short, if it’s a reputable PE firm and they give out FT offers and you want to skip the whole IB route then I’d go with that, but if you want to go BB IB and want more optionality id go with IB SA and re-recruit over the summer to go BB IB

 

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