<p>Investment banking internships are some of the most sought after positions by college students, but do college students even know what investment banking is? Other students around me are always taking about how much they would love to intern for a major bank, but when I ask them what they want to actually DO while interning there, they have no idea what the job entails. </p>
<p>When you mention investment banking to the average college student, they seem to render a mental image of one of those pre-electronic trading pits at the NYSE. I don't think a single person I've asked, college student or otherwise, has given me an accurate description of what an investment banking firm actually does as a business. </p>
<p>If you are in IB or a related field, please do not reply on this thread.</p>