I don’t have a view on the best groups at JPM, sorry, as this is not something we track closely. The bank is strong in most areas, though, so virtually anything should work if you perform well. Recruiting again just to choose MS over JPM makes no sense and is not at all worth the time/effort/risk.

I don’t think there’s a huge difference there, so probably best to decide based on the team and cultural fit.

I would pick DB in this case because even after all its troubles, it still has a somewhat better reputation than Rothschild in the U.S. (Europe is a different story). And you generally want to start your career in a financial center in more of a generalist group.

I would still recommend BofA M&A in this situation, assuming you don’t have specific long-term career / exit opportunity preferences, because M&A will give you the broadest experience, and everyone knows the BofA name.

GS FIG is definitely a better option than pretty much every other FIG team because it won’t constrain you quite as much in terms of exits – however, headhunters are not that smart/motivated and some will still not take the time to understand that you worked on FinTech deals and not specialized bank/insurance ones.

I would recommend GS in this case only if you are very, very certain you want to specialize in FinTech or something else within their FIG team and are fine with exits skewed in that direction.

RBC is probably the “safest” option of these in that it has the broadest name recognition. FTP has a somewhat bad reputation, but I’m not sure if that’s still true today or if it’s just due to past issues around the culture and hours at the firm. If you’re not sure what you want to do, I would pick RBC. WB would probably be #2 because it’s still a solid firm, just smaller than RBC. FTP might be good if you really want to specialize in fintech, but not so great outside of that.

Deciding bw RBC SF tech, WB SF tech, and FT Partners SF. Would love your insight on the 3. Not entirely sure what I hope to do after banking