What would you do in the following situation...

I am a college senior at a semi-target, graduating in May. I have a FT offer with a very strong firm in the asset management / investment management space (think wellington, blackrock, etc) doing equity research work. The people seem nice, the work seems fairly interesting. However, I had always wanted to be a banker.

I have a final round interview in January for a top tier BB investment bank (I know, regular FT recruiting is over, this is a second round I'm guessing due to under-hiring in the fall). I believe they are bringing in 40 for a Superday and taking 4-5 total.

Thoughts?

 

If investment banking is truly what you want to do, I'd say go to the interview and see what happens. If you do get the job, you're going to have a lot of late nights where you'll be kicking yourself in the ass thinking: "Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill."

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