Signed a FT Offer, but never did an official Summer Analyst IB Gig. People who were in my shoes care to share your experience?

So I recruited for SA and did not land anything, pretty unfortunate. However, I recently went through FT recruiting and had a lot more luck. I was able to secure an offer at an EB


However, I am beyond nervous. I am really scared because I never really had a "real internship". I did some remote banking internships at no name firms with 1-2 MD's, but I really only did a lot of outreach, sourcing, and excel doing contact lists. How do I quickly get up to speed as I heard there is a steep learning curve? Especially considering it is an EB so analysts have way more responsibility and are given a lot more to take on. I am beyond nervous lol. I feel like without a really structured and legit summer analyst gig I am already SO BEHIND other people. Thank you guys.

 

You're fine. Banks have training programs in the beginning where they literally pay you while you study/get prepared to hit the desk. Nobody should be expecting you to add value from day one - it's gonna take a few months to even learn the ropes.

 

Nothing to contribute here, but congrats on the FT offer dude that's awesome!

 

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