International student to I-banking

<p>What do you think? Do you know any international student who has managed to secure an i-banking job in Wall Street or elsewhere? Is your chances very slim? What about internships? Do tell, because yeah I'm another i-banker wannabe (a very hard thing to admit). Sorry if this had been discussed before, but if you would kindly point me to threads then I'd be most grateful :D</p>

<p>I know plenty.</p>

<p>ecouraging, what schools did they graduate</p>

<p>I worked at UBS Investment Bank in Switzerland as a Summer Analyst and am Swiss. However I did well in the interview and my father is on the board so I guess that helped. This summer however I am working at a Hedge Fund. It is all about connections. If you know someone who works in i-Banking talk to them and see if they can help you get an internship. In the beginning it is all about connections and then your performance can speak for itself.</p>

<p>I know 2 internationals students (from my high school) who are going into I-banking. One of them went to ND and is working for Goldman Sachs. And the other came to penn and I think took an offer from Goldman as well. Both had summer internships (one after junior year, the other after sophomore and junior years).</p>

<p>A LOT of international students go into I-banking. It's one of the reasons they came to US in the first place.</p>

<p>Among incoming US BB analysts in London, the vast majority are internationals. The banks are thinking of doing some affirmative action stuff to get more Brits into IB, but internationals are apparently more qualified for these jobs. Plus they bring languages and overseas contacts with them, which most Americans and Brits don't have, or have only in low quality/quantity.</p>

<p>Actually, major banks quite commonly fly people in from around the world for interviews, because in many cases they believe they can find better talent abroad than they can domestically. Internationals educated in UK/US seem to do particularly well in recruitment.</p>

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<p>You think? lol. There would have to be something seriously wrong with you to not land a job with your obviously extremely wealthy dad on the board of the company. lol.</p>

<p>Internationals, this is what you are up against!</p>

<p>I am international</p>

<p>Swissas said: "I worked at UBS Investment Bank in Switzerland as a Summer Analyst and am Swiss."</p>

<p>Tell us again how you are 'international'?</p>

<p>I am Swiss that's how I am international. I went to private Swiss lower and upper school. I live in Europe and go to Boarding School in the states. How is that not international?</p>

<p>Okay... but that doesn't really pertain to the OP's question. He was asking about internationals getting jobs on Wall Street or other major financial centres, ie getting an investment banking job outside one's country of origin. Being swiss while working in switzerland for a swiss company isn't international, and doesn't seem to help the OP much with his question about landing jobs as a foreigner. </p>

<p>Anyway, anyone else have any input?</p>

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<p>You pretty much made my day.</p>

<p>I don't know a lot of people in I-Banking but I know that the big names on Wall Street want international students. Getting a working visa for a college graduate is pretty much a lottery, but if you don't get the visa they will just fly you out to another country...and fly you in again later, if that's what you want.
plenty of opportunities for internationals</p>

<p>^ Mind you I am talking about the UK, where the immigration office is actually functioning properly and has (mostly) non-retarded policies. The US immigration system is an absolute basketcase, and I wish good luck to any international trying navigate the copious amounts of American red tape.</p>

<p>^^True.....both my parents have been through the US immigration system and to be honest, it's a piece of ****....regardless of how educated or qualified you may be, there will be several candidates with fake resumes who might get the visa over you, because once your employer files for a visa, there's this "lottery" in which people are selected at random, so even though you may be like a triple major from Harvard, there will be sub par candidates selected over you...its such BS...and it doesn't stop there :(</p>

<p>What I meant actually, was that given the ridiculous hassle that firms face if they choose to hire internationals for jobs in the US, I'm not sure if at least some firms would take on the slightly less qualified American if it means avoiding the nightmare that is US immigration.</p>