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Everyone so far has given great advice. I will break it down further with an action plan. If you are planning to seek an internship in 4 months, I will assume you are about to start junior year of college in a month.There are three specific areas you can work on from now until interview time. Start networking / cold emailing, having a solid resume and acing your interviews.If you currently attend a target school, such as, one of the Ivies, MIT, Stanford, Cal, Michigan, Duke, etc., your school will have on-campus informational sessions and resume drops. You will have a much easier chance getting and interview, but ignoring the three core areas will make it a much tougher battle.Brief Aside on Firms– Everyone wants to work at the biggest and busiest firms, i.e. Goldman, BAML, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and UBS. You should remember that are also several other internationally renowned firms and many great boutique firms.Nomura (Japan), Macquarie (Australia), Societe General + Credit Agricole + BNP Paribas (France), TD Bank + ScotiaBank + BMO + RBC + CIBC (Canada), Rothschild + HSBC (England), Banco Santander (Spain)List of Boutique Firms - Page on columbia.eduNetworkingStart contacting family members, friends and alumni to see who in your immediate network currently works in finance, has finance experience or knows someone else that works in finance. Once you start getting a few solid leads, set up some informational interviews, either in person or over the phone. Learn about the space, the lingo, and read DealBook / WSJ / FT religiously. If you are knowledgeable about the profession and show genuine interest, one of these connections will most likely offer to pass your resume on to HR.If you have no success with warm leads in your network, start cold-emailing alumni or even senior-level professionals at investment banks.Here is a great blog article to help with the process - The Complete Guide to Cold Calling Your Way Into Investment BankingResumeFind a good resume template online. There are several online and bankers enjoy the same simple formatting and layout. Detail your most recent finance work experience. Explain what you did at that internship / job and how your work impacted the firm.If you have no finance experience, put other work experience and pick 2-3 clubs / activities that you had a leadership position in.Keep the resume to 1 page; only professionals with several years of experience can justify a 2nd page. Put some other activities / interests on the bottom, but leave out anything you are not proficient in or that is common. DO NOT put Microsoft Office, because everyone assumes you know how to use Word. Also, do not put a language down unless you have conversational fluency. An acquaintance put down French language skills on his resume, and a Goldman MD walked into the interview and started speaking French. He had no idea what was going on and obviously did not get the offer.Do not over-exaggerate on anything. Be able to explain every sentence and topic on your resume.InterviewsFit questions – this is common with any interview in most industries. Have your “story” ready. What have you done up till now and why do you want to work in investment banking. Have loose answers ready for usual questions on about leadership, teamwork, and strengths and weaknesses.Technical questions – the bar for technical has increased significantly over the past decade. Bankers will expect that you understand the basics of the 3 statements and how the industry works. There are many books and websites dedicated to this topic.Here is a free resource - Investment Banking Interview Questions, Recruiting, Job Search, Resume and Cover Letter Tips