<p>Is there even a 1% chance of finding a summer investment banking internship in SF, for a sophomore from UC Berkeley Haas with a 3.7 and an awesome resume?</p>
<p>******** seems to show all kings of openings but I wanted to hear what others here had to say, since that website wants me to pay $30 for a month of access to their postings with unlimited applications.</p>
<p>yes, i landed a position in June last year at a top PE firm as a sophomore. I will be doing banking this summer. </p>
<p>I assume the website you posted was d o o s t a n g but CC blocked it out. If it is, go to s i m p l y h i r e d .com and search the position there. It is like a glitch and lets you apply for free. </p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>Wait, you said you’re a sophomore in Haas. Does that mean you are a rising junior that was accepted to Haas?</p>
<p>I’m going to say that it’s going to be pretty hard getting an <em>IB</em> internship now.
And I find it very hard to believe the poster above, who said he got an internship at a top PE firm. I mean, it is incredibly hard to break into PE as an undergrad after graduation. To put things in perspective, maybe 4 or 5 people from Harvard make it to PE from undergrad. And to think he got an internship as a sophomore.
The only explanations I can think of:
<p>Now for the OP’s situation, you can typically acquire private wealth management internships through cold-calling/emailing.
However, keep in mind that these are the lowest rung of finance internships.</p>
<p>You don’t really need an IB internship. Most IB’s do NOT expect you to have an internship the summer after sophomore year.
So you can get any sort of internship that is useful and interesting, really (i.e. govt, nonprofit work, Fortune 500 company, etc…)</p>
<p>The critical internship is the summer after junior year. In this case, IBs will have designated summer analyst programs that are feeders to full time positions, and there is a rigorous interview process.</p>
<p>Completely False. I worked at a top PE firm (TPG, Silverlake, KKR) in a typical summer analyst role. It was not back office at all and I did plenty of valuation, analysis, and due diligence. </p>
<p>And, I have absolutely no connection in the industry so although I seem like an outlier, I did in fact do this last summer.</p>
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<p>Most people don’t get front office BB IBD internships their sophomore summer, even at top targets like Harvard/Wharton, and the few who do got it well before May. At this point just do some cold e-mailing and try to find any finance related internship that you can spin into something decent on your resume. </p>
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<p>haha I’m going to assume it’s Silverlake because if you worked at TPG or KKR, you would not have included Silverlake in that group…and because TPG/KKR would never hire a sophomore summer analyst. In fact as far as I know, BX is the only megafund that actually has a summer analyst program. </p>
<p>If you got an offer from a top PE firm your sophomore year, why are you going into banking? It would be a step backwards, unless you didn’t get a return offer from SL</p>
<p>alright I landed banking, thanks everyone</p>
<p>^just curious, what role/area was the position in?</p>
<p>Assuming it’s actually a legit front office position, I’d say that’s pretty impressive. It’s hard to find internships this late in the year, especially as a sophomore.</p>
<p>summer analyst at a small technology investment bank in downtown sf. just submitted my resume and cover letter online and interviewed over the phone. yes it’s front office, but it’s neither paid nor full time. call it compromise haha</p>
<p>good enough for my needs</p>
<p>does my resume need to show that it’s part-time? i’m wondering if this just appears as a regular summer banking internship when I’m applying to other companies in the future</p>
<p>@caltanner: that sounds like a solid internship
I would just say it was as a “summer analyst” - no need to tell people that it’s part time.
Though if they ask during the interview if it was full-time or part-time, you shouldn’t lie.</p>