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It's not that those roles are much harder to get as such. It's that the most effective way to get those roles is to work at GS (or an equivalent) first.
by tomatocracy 6y ago
It's not that those roles are much harder to get as such. It's that the most effective way to get those roles is to work at GS (or an equivalent) first.
- Latour 6y agoWhat's the difference between hardness and effectiveness in this context?
- tomatocracy 6y agoThere are quite a few other routes in to these roles (start as a graduate, lateral hire from consulting/industry, internal moves, etc) and I don't think they really see stiffer competition or higher calibre candidates than you'd see for a front office role at GS or another bulge bracket IB. However if you start at GS/another IB then you get plugged into a network where you see a lot more of these opportunities without having to go out to look for them as much. It's partially a numbers game so the more opportunities you see the better the chance of landing one.