What should a rising junior do?

BankonBanking
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:49:41 +0000

A as soph, it won’t be easy to land a SA position. However, coming from Berkley, if you attend Haas, you’ll have a shot, especially with some smaller shops. Your best stop should be to look into smaller IB shops and see if they need any interns - paid or unpaid, as long as you can build some experience. If not, you’ve still got another year for the IB SA position,so for this summer,look into other relevant fields such as consulting, corp dev, etc - here is an article on [other relevant positions](http://www.bankonbanking.com/2010/03/15/no-summer-analyst-ib-offer-–-is-life-over/) besides IB for SA positions.

Beyond that, keep networking, keep your GPA up and keep your eyes open. Coming from a good school with good grades, you should have a pretty decent shot at breaking into IB with a solid resume and good interview skills. Oh, and to your international status questions, as long as you don’t have any Visa issues, you should be fine - for FT as well, if you will require sponsorship, that will just eliminate some smaller shops.

PM me if you have any other questions.

IBanker