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<blockquote data-quote="Romiras" data-source="post: 126355" data-attributes="member: 1993"><p>Your use "finance" is too broad here and it could mean a variety of things. For example, are you interested in IBD or equity research or leveraged finance, etc. I would recommend you look at Wallstreet Oasis to get a better understanding of the application process and the industry itself. I would also caution that it is very hard to get an internship or full-time position in most front office roles, especially if it's at an elite boutique or bulge bracket. Relative to top law roles, it's a lot harder and far more technical. If you have not secured a TC already, I would advise against divvying up your efforts across a whole other career path that requires 100% of your attention - you will not likely get much success in either areas unless you're an absolute machine.</p><p></p><p>However, to indulge you, if you're serious about pursuing just a "finance" internship (e.g. IBD off cycle as that would likely fit your timing), then you'll need to be ready to compete with people that know the terminology, know how to prepare and talk through their models, prepare DCFs, that have been prepping the interview format, have relevant networks and experience, etc. People spend several years perfecting this on a more casual basis (i.e. throughout their time pre-university and university). If you are able to bridge that knowledge / experience gap (notwithstanding that we are also not accounting for presumable lack of relevant experience to date compared to your competitors who have been focused on "finance" roles), then you have a chance to land a finance internship. To be clear, theoretically, it is doable, but you will likely have to sacrifice a lot of your social life (and other aspects of your life) to achieve it - and to do that for just "experience" when you aren't going to seriously pursue it beyond the period between graduating and your TC seems a bit wasteful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Romiras, post: 126355, member: 1993"] Your use "finance" is too broad here and it could mean a variety of things. For example, are you interested in IBD or equity research or leveraged finance, etc. I would recommend you look at Wallstreet Oasis to get a better understanding of the application process and the industry itself. I would also caution that it is very hard to get an internship or full-time position in most front office roles, especially if it's at an elite boutique or bulge bracket. Relative to top law roles, it's a lot harder and far more technical. If you have not secured a TC already, I would advise against divvying up your efforts across a whole other career path that requires 100% of your attention - you will not likely get much success in either areas unless you're an absolute machine. However, to indulge you, if you're serious about pursuing just a "finance" internship (e.g. IBD off cycle as that would likely fit your timing), then you'll need to be ready to compete with people that know the terminology, know how to prepare and talk through their models, prepare DCFs, that have been prepping the interview format, have relevant networks and experience, etc. People spend several years perfecting this on a more casual basis (i.e. throughout their time pre-university and university). If you are able to bridge that knowledge / experience gap (notwithstanding that we are also not accounting for presumable lack of relevant experience to date compared to your competitors who have been focused on "finance" roles), then you have a chance to land a finance internship. To be clear, theoretically, it is doable, but you will likely have to sacrifice a lot of your social life (and other aspects of your life) to achieve it - and to do that for just "experience" when you aren't going to seriously pursue it beyond the period between graduating and your TC seems a bit wasteful. [/QUOTE]
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