<p>I go to a top tier undergrad b-school and I would like to know the best way to secure a full time offer with investment banking in a city like Chicago, Los Angeles or San Francisco outside of campus recruiting. I lived in Atlanta and every big Ibank has offices in every major city. How do I find those jobs since most of the campus recruiting at my school is for New York City? What is the best way of finding a job with a boutique investment bank? Apart from through campus recruiting how can I land an interview?</p>
<p>As far as the ibanks having offices in other cities, generally they are not actually investment banking divisions (some exceptions), they are usually either their commercial banking (ie BoA or Citi), or some sort of Asset Management, etc. </p>
<p>I'm not sure about finding a boutique apart from campus recruiting, best bet is to email a bunch of them or apply online. Also network through alumni.</p>
<p>What the hell are you talking about, C-Revs? </p>
<p>Of course, BBs have satellite offices for IBD. People generally advise for SA and first-year analysts to pick New York because it gives you better deal flow. But if you know you're interested in industrials, for example, BB IBD in Chicago makes sense. If you want to do energy coverage, BB IBD in Houston makes sense. West coast offices (San Francisco or Los Angeles) generally execute the tech deals. Quit talking like you know anything.</p>
<p>As far as your question, seleman, some BB satellite offices actually recruit separately from the NYC office. At my school, for example, the Houston office of Merrill Lynch recruits on campus in addition to the New York office. London, Singapore, and Hong Kong BB offices also recruit.</p>
<p>Chill out, in my experience, internships and first-year analysts aren't nearly as prominent in the satellite banking offices. Of course they have IBD in other cities, I said that they did. A majority of the analyst classes are based in New York, the other offices are smaller and as such have much fewer if any openings. Generally people start in NYC, then can look at other in-house options in other cities, though the regionals certainly have analyst needs, the demands are much smaller as you might expect. </p>
<p>It also depends on the firm, for example GS straight IBD pretty much is only focused on LA, SF & NY for new analysts.</p>
<p>And FYI, most of the regional offices are not IBD... that is a fact.</p>
<p>Oh an by the way, a lot of the regional IBD offices serve strategic purposes, aside from just covering the US (which of course is a reason). For example, West Coast is a major center for tech deal flow, Houston is a center for energy, etc.</p>
<p>aworldapart is correct though, the regional offices recruit separately. If you are not from the area of the regional, it may make things more difficult. Definitely try to find alumni at those offices who could help you out. Simply applying online might make it difficult to get one of those locations, because they recruit heavier on the campuses in the area.</p>
<p>Also, I just noticed you were looking for LA, SF, which most I-banks have large regional offices, so that's good for you. I still maintain that if you see a GS or ML in your city, it is most likely the Local Retail Brokerage office.</p>
<p>If you insist on an i-banking career outside of New York, the first thing I recommend is to ask your friends in your target cities for their school's career services website info. </p>
<p>For example, if you live in Atlanta and you have friends at UC Berkeley or Stanford, ask them for their career services website login info. Of course don't submit your resume under their name etc, but you can collect some contacts and stuff and then directly email/call them. </p>
<p>Otherwise, due diligence!! Just look it up...</p>
<p>Whatever happened to doing a little legwork, getting on the internet, doing some research and calling the places yourself and letting them know about your desire to work in their ______ office? As far as boutiques, to get a list of names to Google, Wikipedia has a pretty decent list List</a> of investment banks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.</p>
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Otherwise, due diligence!! Just look it up...
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<p>Uh, I think YOU should look it up. Greatest misuse of the phrase 'due diligence' ever. And I've seen a few.</p>
<p>Don't you think it's important to know the credibility and background info of boutique investment banks? Make sure they're not another MLM like Northwestern or WFG? To see if they're even registered by the SEC?</p>
<p>But yeah, probably should have said "research" or something...</p>
<p>You should really stop being obnoxious. Kenneth, I, and everyone else knew exactly what you were talking about, and to be honest, the phrase is used in multiple ways, and I've seen it used that way by people in the industry.</p>