Weekly Reader Q&A: Nonprofit To Private Equity, The Role Of Accounting Firms And Startup vs. Marketing Internship

Here we are in March and, as expected, investment banking summer internship questions continue to roll in. In addition to more guidance on how to decide between different summer internship offers, I also cover the transition from the world of nonprofits into private equity, as well as the role of accounting firms in investment banking and mergers & acquisitions specifically.

Typically I stay away from explaining the actual job because I think it’s more interesting to write about how to break into banking or just how high investment banker salaries are, but feel free to send in more questions on what investment bankers actually do. :)

Reader Q&A: Sales & Trading Resumes, Finance From Pharmaceuticals And The China Angle

In this week’s edition of reader Q&A, I cover questions about tailoring an investment banking resume for sales & trading, breaking into finance from pharmaceuticals and the relative importance of international experience, in this case experience in China. I continue to receive many investment banking summer internship questions as well as lifestyle and “breaking in” questions so stay tuned for more on those.