HEC Paris-Masters in Finance - work experience

Question

Hi everyone,

I am planning to do my masters in finance after a year. I am in my last year of college (majoring in accounts) and since i do not have any internship experience, I have decided to take a gap year. Can someone please advise the nature of work experience that'll be valued by top European schools (esp. HEC) offering pre-experience Msc. Finance ?

Nikhil · Answer

MFinAspirant I advise you take a look at how several profiles were evaluated in the this link. I guess that will give you a better idea. Also, try posting here https://gmatclub.com/forum/hec-paris-fa ... 82367.html

akurathi12 · Answer

Hi, most of the MS programmes don't require experience. If you have a relevant experience it will be added advantage to your profile. At the same please look into some volunteer experiences also. It will boost to profile.

MbaAspirant23 · Answer

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Thank you for the guidance. I'm new to this site so still navigating my way through.

akurathi12

As I don't have any internship experience throughout my under-graduation (was doing a professional course alongside) so I think that maybe some work exp. will improve my competitiveness. Thanks for the advice on volunteering, will keep it in mind

connold9 · Answer

Hi.

I can potentially offer some advice here, I was provisionally admitted to the MIF.

I had an internship at a big Investment Bank in the UK (think GS, MS, JPM), as a Corporate Analyst - this has done me well in all applications as experience and a topic of conversation, and HEC did ask numerous questions about it. I also had a couple of months as a teaching assistant in Statistics and Probability for first and second year students at my university. Finally, had a couple of years as a part-time database administrator (excel guy, basically) in a couple of local companies.

Hope that helps!

MbaAspirant23 · Answer

connold9

Thank you so much for your input, very helpful !!

connold9 · Answer

No problem! Should have made clear also that I'm in my final year of University, so no full-time post-college experience at all. That hasn't affected my applications one bit. Good luck

GMATBanker12 · Answer

Hi,

I just got rejected from Round 2 HEC Paris MIF and was trying to find a weak spot so I can improve for further applications. Some background on me:

GMAT: 740 (Q49,V41)
GPA: 3.8 /4.0 
Undergraduate University: An average university in the US (not a target for IB recruiting)
Internship Experience: 2 years including IB, Valuation, Risk, etc ; Most notable company is a BIG 4
Full-time experience: Null as I am still in my last semester at undergrad
I really enjoyed writing my essays and thought they were decent.

Did not having any full-time experience cost me the application? Any help on identifying weak spots would be helpful.

bb · Answer

HEC Paris-Masters in Finance - work experience

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