lepium wrote:
So I was talking to a friend earlier today about (what else) our upcoming interviews. He mentioned a Private Equity (PE) interview he's got lined up and we discussed how half the entire class would have applied to that job. One thing led to another and we came up with the following job search predictor based on our interaction with classmates and on some made up data for fun.
Here it goes:
- The PE guys want to get into hedge funds. If that fails, then PE will do.
- The IB guys want to get into PE.
- The consultants want to go into IB or IM (at least the few that don't want to go back to consulting and get their tuitions reimbursed). Or go into PE.
- The tree-huggers want to go into either IB or consulting (I keep bugging them about it, it never gets old...). Or go into PE.
- The industry guys want to go into consulting or GM. Or go into PE.
- The IT guys want to get into VC, PE or at least IB (if only for the summer).
- The marketing guys mostly want to stay in marketing, but switching companies. Or go into PE.
- The healthcare guys want to get into biotech or pharma. Or get into PE.
- The outliers from within all the groups above want to go into non-profits, startups, entertainment, sports management, the gambling industry, managing the family company, healthcare, education, etc. Or, you guessed right, into PE.
Is it similar at other schools?
L.
ditto @ Columbia except that here at CBS, the industry guys and IT folks also want to go for IB as their first choice...but i am not surprised...it is Columbia (known for its finance focus plus we are in NY)...by the way, not many people are interested in MC and industry....it is primarily, IB --- IM ------ HF --------- PE