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by a searcher from University of Georgia
in Denver, CO, USA

2yrs ago

Advice on Intern Hiring

I'm curious if anyone has any insights on specific schools where you've had success in hiring interns. Here are the criteria I'm focusing on (none of these, however, are "deal-breakers").

Students who truly value the experience. My hunch is that those from non-target schools might try harder since real M&A experience is harder to get for them. I plan to offer them real experience and learning, but will also need them to do mundane tasks like data scraping, data entry (ex: Salesforce), LinkedIn outreach, etc.
Universities that provide access to premium M&A-specific tools like Cap IQ and Pitchbook.
Competency in Excel, PowerPoint, and basic financial acumen.
Schools that offer academic credits for internships.
Ideally, students who are willing to work for minimum wage.
- Strong inbound interest generated via their schools bulletin board / job-posting platform (i.e., a decent pool of candidates to select from).
- Excellent writing and editing skills.

I'm receptive to any and all recommendations or experiences the community is willing to share.

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reply by a searcher 2yrs ago
from University of Georgia in Denver, CO, USA

Thanks, Eemaan. I'm non-target myself and totally agree. But also realize there's outliers everywhere. I'm curious if you noticed some had better access to sourcing databases than others?

reply by a professional 1yr ago
from Southern Cross University in San Francisco, CA, USA

I have this Global Internship Program where interns come from different types of schools and they are really keen to learn, so that they can have that experience in their resume so they get into a role in an M&A firm.