This past summer I was an intern at a major buy side shop.
I spent time in both the front office and the back office.
This year I've been pursuing summer analyst positions in investment banking. When doing informational interviews with bankers, I've talked about the buy side internship as though it were JUST front office work.
I am about to go through first round interviews.
I have 2 options at this point...
1: Continue with this deception. I have no doubt that I can get offers without anyone ever questioning the legitimacy of my claims. The danger is that after accepting an offer....they find out the truth during a background check (calling the buy side shop), and I have my offer rescinded (and I turn into the next jeffrey chiang).
2: During in person interviews say that the internship involved both front office and back office work. My chance of getting offers goes way down, but the chances of me failing a background check goes down to zero.
I go to a target school so fortunately I've been able to get a ton of first rounds (8 so far). With the honesty route, I'm sure I can land at least SOMETHING that's pure front office for next summer.
Your opinion?
I don't want my name to go next to jeffrey chiang's.