International students queries

ath
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:23:57 +0000

dylin,

I can’t go into specifics, but I won’t be ashamed to say that I started out at small and relatively unknown companies. Everyone has to start somewhere and I wasn’t fortunate enough to have connections to somebody high up in the major banks or firms.

For pay, generally you can expect something as low as $7 and as high as $15 as a freshman. I know some people who get paid as much as $25 per hour, but that’s rare.

The summer internship I might be doing is a Finance position at a major car company, and probably won’t pay very much, just enough to cover the basics. But what I’m looking for is experience and the prestige of the company’s name on my resume, and I really don’t expect much more as a freshman.