Do i need IB experience to work in Corporate Development? I recently applied to a corporate development role intern at a large video game publisher. The internship is open to undergrads starting from the sophomore year. I learned through a quick Linkedin search that everyone in the corp. development department is ex-IB/Private equity with MBAs. I am assuming that regular corp. development roles require IB experience and an MBA. What about internships? Do recruiters want corp. dev. interns to have prior IB experience? The job description makes no mention of this.