<p>Hey, </p>
<p>Im applying to Sales and Trading jobs and I wanted to find other people who are applying as well who want to talk about the process etc.</p>
<p>send me a pm or reply to this post if youre interested</p>
<p>I applied to a bunch of the major investment banks in London and I've been working on all the little tests they make you take.</p>
<p>I’m a trader in London if you have any questions.</p>
<p>im interested in trading too but doesnt have much experience. im in the states and still in school, so more leaning towards internships. if you guys have any words of wisdom i would love to hear them!</p>
<p>Internship is important to break into the business, you don’t really need any prior experience other than that.</p>
<p>My D, a first year analyst at a BB in derivatives trading in NYC, said that the way in is pretty much exclusively through internships. She had two. But her first was not in S & T.</p>
<p>She had two dates this summer to begin her analyst class. Her desk wanted her to choose the first one beginning in early July. The second one started at the end of summer. Most American student started then.</p>
<p>As a result, my D1’s analyst class this summer consisted of some Americans and mostly Brits. It seems all of them came from Oxford, Cambridge or a few from the London School of Economics.</p>
<p>So OP, I don’t know what school you attend. But from what I have gained, I still think the same rules apply. You need to get a very high gpa at a target school and get an internship. If you fit, then maybe you may get an offer.</p>
<p>im at berkeley, so i dont know how much trading opportunities there are in the west coast</p>
<p>so basically get a internship doing whatever at a finance institution, then go from there?</p>
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No, that is not what I meant. The internship can not be “whatever at a financial institution.” If you want to be a trader, the internship must be in trading.</p>
<p>I will not say you can’t get a job in S & T or IB without going the traditional route (target school-high gpa-internship-offer), it is just much more difficult.</p>
<p>im having some trouble finding trading specific internships, especially through my school’s career resources (they seem to be even rarer than IB). should i start cold-calling now? or wait until spring for the summer internship recruiting season</p>
<p>I think you’ll find that at UCB for most of the BB, they primarily recruit IBD for WC offices. You’re going to have to do some networking to get interviews for S&T. I know there are alumni, reach out to them and see if they will have a look at your resume.</p>