Will an internship at an investment company in anyway help my prospects of getting an MBA?

If you want to pursue MBA then you should go for the following internship options: 1. You should do a marketing internship. If you are serious about doing MBA then going for a technical internship won't help much. Marketing experience, on the other hand, will help you during college interviews. Plus, you will gain invaluable insights on how 'management' works. There are various streams within marketing you could do an internship in fields like digital marketing, business development, customer relationships, market research, etc. Now, what you choose totally depends on what you like. See the job description of a particular internship and choose. Remember - There is no greater teacher than experience! 2. You can use internship portals like Internshala.com for searching good internships. This is the link to all the MBA internships -<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://internshala.com/internshi" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>http://internshala.com/internshi</a>. 3. Yes, the internship will certainly add to your profile. Let's take my example. In the last 6 months, even though I was interning in editorial profile, I have learnt how email marketing works, how companies target their newsletters, how companies use Google ads to get more visibility, how ad-sales work, how SEO works and I could go on and on. Fortunately, I was working at a startup and I had exposure to every aspect of the company. During my tenure, I also managed the FB page and made newsletters. If now I go for an MBA, I could tell them about my experience of getting in touch with the CEOs and Head HRs of various reputed companies (like Bajaj Capital, PVR, Accenture, Biocon, Woodland, etc. ). With regards to several features (articles) that we did on their internship programs. I have interviewed some of them over the telephone which, for me, is a big deal! 4. In general, foreign internships are mostly about research. But still, you could try searching for MBA internships abroad. Use the portals I mentioned earlier.

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