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. :)

Weekly Reader Q&A: Investment Banking From Ph.D., Boutique Summer Internships, Informational Interviews

In this week’s edition of Mergers & Inquisitions Reader Q&A, the investment banking summer internship theme continues to run strong. Offers have already been handed out at most bulge bracket banks, while middle-market and boutique banks will continue recruiting year-round.

I continue to receive many questions on breaking into banking from other industries, so I feature one recent question on that topic here as well.