EMERGENCY UPDATE "The Pulse" --#31.5

EMERGENCY UPDATE:  5 NEW bank app openings, 1 NEW consulting opening, and 5 NEW Buyside openings!

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Recruiting Timeline:

Banking:

Where We’re At:  

• SA 2025: 5 new Banks including: JPM, MUFG, Moelis, Baird, and Texas Capital Bank (lmao) all opened apps since our latest update on Sunday ("The Pulse" --#31)

• We have been yappin about January being a HUGE month for SA 2025 recruiting since "The Pulse" --#21! We were fucking right! Now, the new month to care about is February. February = interviews + the opening of 85% of all BBs and EBs

Newly Released Applications:

• JP Morgan: Largest and best bank on the Street (SA 2025)

• MUFG: Large, non-BB (SA 2025)

• Moelis: Strong boutique, super sweaty culture (SA 2025)

• Baird: Equity research role opened before IB, MM bank (SA 2025)

• Texas Capital Bank: Regional bank (SA 2025)

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Consulting:

Where We’re At:

• SA 2025: This process is in the early stages. Nevertheless, Protiviti jumped the gun and opened up its app

Newly released apps:

• Protiviti - Technology Consulting Intern (SA 2025)

Apply ASAP if you’re interested!

Buyside:

Where We’re At:

SA 2025: Apollo closed its app for RE credit. Other funds like KKR and Stellex Capital Management opened their apps alongside other smaller players

Released apps:

• KKR: Mega-fund (SA 2025)

• Stellex Capital Management: Middle-market PE (SA 2025)

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Nailing the HireVue:

The HireVue and the Placement Test.

So, you finally submitted your application. Congratulations! Now it is time to take a HireVue or a placement test or both!

What is a HireVue:

• It is brutal. You sit in front of your computer and answer ~3 premade interview questions (mostly behavioral, sometimes there will be a brain teaser)

• There is no REAL interviewer. Many firms leave HireVues to be screened by software, some just leave it up to HR, and very few firms will have actual bankers review HireVues

• The whole process is typically completed in ~30-45 minutes. Sometimes they can be completed quicker. There is usually 1-3 minutes to answer a question

Reasons a HireVue is administered:

1. Weed out candidates who are lazy / socially inept / overthinkers

2. Learn something about the candidate outside of their resume 

How to ace a HireVue:

1. Dress the part. Professional attire (for the lads, this means a suit. For the gals, I apologize, I am unfamiliar with the technicalities, but a suit equivalent)

2. Take it within 1 week of receiving it and take it in 1 try. Yes, 1 try. Most HireVues provide you with the option to re-take an answer (they say they can’t see if you choose this option). Maybe I’m a conspiracy theorist, but I NEVER moved on in a process when I re-took any of my responses during a HireVue (If you fuck it up really badly, you should probably re-take)

3. Be clear, concise, and confident. A HireVue is not administered to see who has the most perfectly recited responses, instead, they are used to judge a person’s character

4. Look at the camera when you speak. I’m sure you’re beautiful, but don’t look at yourself when you speak, look directly into your laptop’s camera. If you’re able, crack a smile every now and then, but don’t make it weird

For placement tests, just do your best and don’t overthink your responses. I hate these tests because you never actually know how you do or what the score is used for. Super difficult to truly judge a person’s character without ever hearing them speak IMO

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