Aug 30, 2023

Commercial Banking to Corporate Banking

I recently accepted a full time role in commercial banking at a top 4 BS bank (BofA/JPM/Wells/Citi). I was wondering how likely it would be to internally lateral into corporate banking after the analyst program is over. Or is it easier to move externally to a MM bank. City will be (CHI/LA/SF). Thanks

 

Move externally is the easiest as there’s no guarantees that you can even move to Corp banking after the 2/3 yr analyst program. Also, there’s a lot of politics involved with internal mobility as well.

Source: came from BB commercial banking and moved externally to Corp banking

 

So you haven't even started the analyst program and you're already looking over the horizon? How do you even know you won't enjoy commercial banking? 

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