Comments on: If You Can’t Get Into Investment Banking the Real Way, Should You Buy Your Way In?

By: M&I

M&I — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:43:13 +0000

It can happen, but it is rare because most of the firms don’t have the need for full-timers. Buying your way in is definitely easier than getting in the real way, assuming you have the money to pay for it.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:14:22 +0000

Do the people the people who “buy in” have the ability to receive an offer? how often does it happen? Considering the interview process and competition, how difficult is it to be able to “buy in”?

By: M&I

M&I — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:25:11 +0000

It’s ok, but a considerable step down from normal investment banking / private equity etc. and most bankers do not view it favorably.

It helps more than some random unrelated internship, but not as much as a banking/consulting internship might.