<p>With Bachelor of Computer Science at CMU, where does one usually get employed?</p>
<p>Have a look at SCS CareerSearch webpage. There's some statistics on locations, salaries and if you look under internships, a long, impressive list of companies that have recruited there.</p>
<p>chan,</p>
<p>My S will graduate in May w/ CS degree, also a masters but not in CS. He interned at Goldman Sachs NYC last summer, loved it, got offer in mid-Sept this year so it made his last year pretty stress free.</p>
<p>GS interviews on campus as do most big firms but they also flew him to NY for more interviews and info session so getting the good internship can be huge. I'd give CMU an A+ on helping kids get good ones. He also interviewed for Ford, UBS, Bank of America, others but GS was his first choice throughout. He was offered other internships.</p>
<p>Starting salaries at GS are in 60's w/ 10 K signing bonus and he'll be eligible for other bonuses that can be substantial.</p>
<p>2331, is your son going to work as an I-Banker? or will it be more tech/computers related?</p>
<p>I am VERY interested in interning at UBS, GS, Merril-Lynch, etc.! Any tips?</p>
<p>athlonmj,</p>
<p>for now more tech related, equity systems where he worked past summer. He developed an interest in finance relatively late in CMU career, but loves CS and wants to do that for "a couple years" in his words. At Goldman there's a lot of room for moving to different areas, so we'll see. I have no doubt he will go into different areas, and his masters degree is in management. Maybe MBA in a few years.</p>
<p>I have heard I-bank recruiters like CS and physics. His future NYC roommate is a fraternity friend CMU senior who will be i-banking first year at Lehman Bros, he interned there last summer. Friend put in a lot of hours even in a summer internship. That doesn't appeal to S right now.</p>
<p>Tips? S had good internship previous summer in Pgh; also he was a TA, which might have helped in that it's different. One thing I remember---in GS interview they asked him the difference between a stock and a bond. They told him it was the best answer they'd heard. S swears that meant something! Interview skills are very important.</p>