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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

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To summarize: For investment banking at the undergraduate level, you need to start years in advance, have a high GPA, win at least 1-2 other finance internships first, and prepare intensively for networking and interview questions. and areas like corporate finance or strategy at normal companies. For example, if you have an M.D.

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The Full Guide to Pre-MBA Internships: Are They Worth It?

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We’ll return to this point later, but in finance, it’s more common to do a pre-MBA internship at a small VC/PE firm or boutique bank rather than a bulge bracket bank. If you are making a “hard pivot” career change , such as engineering to investment banking, pre-MBA internships are very useful but not necessarily required.

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How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

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Admittedly, not all banks did this, and many bulge bracket firms will start in the normal time frame of January – March. Think: Engineering, math, statistics, or something with elements of all these, such as “management science” or “operations research.” Corporate finance roles at nearby companies.