Hi,

Got offers for both spring weeks, both on same dates, can only accept 1.

RBS - trading. Is 5 days at there office (2days learning, 3 days shadowing, 1 on presentationts etc) if they like you, you come back for Summer 10weeks.

Credit-Suisse- Generic Front Office programme, like 3-4 days. Presentations on all departments in FO, networking opportunities, less than half a day shadowing, dinner.

It seems quite simple 2me, the experience of RBS is miles better than Credit-Suisse. Also, RBS accept far fewer people than CS, & dissimilar to CS, they don't accept/reject based on a 5min phone conversation. RBS 1 had a full assessment centre etc etc, limited to few people.

However, CS is IFR's best IB of year 2009, obviously considerably better reputation. But i don't know whether or not the chance to fastrack is present, I am quite sure it is not there? Plus does any1 know, how many people they accept?

I'm split between being able to say... RBS - spring internship in trading. or CS- spring front office programme on my CV essentially.

Basically, in the medium-term, focussing on securing a 2nd yr internship at hopefully 1 of the top-tier banks in the world, and successively, a graduate offer, which would be better to go for?

If you have knowledge/experience behind ur judgement, please share! :) Thank you!


Thanks!

well I would go for RBS too as well as trying to get a summer internship at RBS. in the long run I would also try to get a CS internship in trading later on. And you have much better chances to get into trading in a first tier IB if you have shown that your internships were consistently..