Official IB Recruiting Statistics - Post your information
There has never been a post to gather data from prospective monkeys regarding their job search. To get a better idea of how hard it is to get a job on Wall Street, please post the following information regarding your job search and I will compile an excel file.
School: Target/Semi/Non Target
Major: Finance/Other Business/Other
GPA: x.x
# of banks applied to: x
Office(s) applying to: Names of Cities
# of first rounds: x
# of superdays: x
# of offers: x
Return offer from Internship: Y/N
This information will be extremely valuable to prospective analysts, and will help put into perspective the difficulty of securing an offer. Hopefully it will serve as motivation for all of us to work harder.
I'll post my stats first!






School: Semi Major: Finance
School: Semi
Major: Finance and Accounting
GPA: 3.8
# of banks applied to: 25
Office(s) applying to: New York, Chicago, SF
# of first rounds: 13
# of superdays: 7
# of offers: 1
Return offer from Internship: Y
School: Target Major:
School: Target
Major: Econ
GPA: 3.8
# of banks applied to: all BB, several boutiques
Office(s) applying to: New York
# of first rounds: 4
# of superdays: 1
# of offers: 1
Return offer from Internship: Y
School: BC Offices: New
School: BC
Offices: New York, Boston
Banks: about 20
First rounds: 12 (most BBs, a few MMs)
Superdays: 5
Offers: 3
Return: Yes (BB tech group)
Note: information reflects SA recruiting cycle
When one man, for whatever reason, has an opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
Serious survivor bias in this
Serious survivor bias in this sample.
Did you guys apply online or
Did you guys apply online or just OCR?
School: B-school is a target,
School: B-school is a target, but I wasn't in the b-school
Major: Econ
GPA: 3.9
# of banks applied to: 20-30
Office(s) applying to: New York
# of first rounds: 14
# of superdays: 1
# of offers: 1
Return offer from Internship: N/A
TheKid1 wrote: Did you guys
Did you guys apply online or just OCR?
All OCR for me, but some of them require you to apply online simultaneously
Dam OCR is like an holy grail
Dam OCR is like an holy grail MBA for me it shall be hopefully in 2-3 years..
Target, > 3.5 Interned at 2
Target, > 3.5
Interned at 2 BB's before, applied to 2 firms (OCR), superday with 1, landed an offer. Accepted
To be brutally honest, most people accepted their return offers this year... there was very little lateral movement in the summer class
School: non-target Major:
School: non-target
Major: Econ
GPA: 3.4
# of banks applied to: 0 (alumnus got my resume from a resume book or professor, had a last minute spot open and invited me to an interview)
Office(s) applying to: New York
# of first rounds: 0
# of superdays: 1
# of offers: 1
Return offer from Internship: Y
School: Complete
School: Complete non-target
Major: Finance
GPA: 3.3
# of banks applied to: 432423
Office(s) applying to: everywhere on earth
# of first rounds: 0
# of superdays: 0
# of offers: 0
Return offer from Internship: N
School: Mega
School: Mega non-target
Major: Finance
GPA: 3.72
# of banks applied to: Everything in Texas (ER/AM/S&T)
# of first rounds: 0
# of superdays : 0
# of offers: 0
Return offer from Internship: N
Applied to majority of F500/Corp Fin Rotationals as well, no interviews yet
yea ocr is the best every
yea ocr is the best every thing i applied to am getting an interview
blastoise wrote: yea ocr is
yea ocr is the best every thing i applied to am getting an interview
so you didn't apply to any positions?
whatwhatwhat wrote: School:
School: Complete non-target
Major: Finance
GPA: 3.3
# of banks applied to: 432423
Office(s) applying to: everywhere on earth
# of first rounds: 0
# of superdays: 0
# of offers: 0
Return offer from Internship: N
winning
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@whatwhatwhat and WSOWill:
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whatwhatwhat wrote: pikachu
HYP 3.9, # Banks applied to:
firefighter wrote: HYP 3.9,
"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
School: Non-Target Major:
|| But feeling good and enjoying life are prerequisites to success, not by products of it- Midas Mulligan Magoo ||
Macro Arbitrage
whatwhatwhat
My Stats for last year
Bankn wrote: whatwhatwhat
Associate positions
School: Complete
School: Semi-Target GPA:
School: Semi-Target
"Social cohesion and puritanical morality place roughly on my list of concerns between whether I'll pick up jock itch at the gym this week (not likely, since I don't go the gym) and whether it'll rain in Christchurch, New Zealand next Tuesday."
-Eddie
School: Complete Non-Target
Solidarity wrote: Target, >
School: Semi Major:
"Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."
Currently: PR/MarComm/IMC, semipro dancer, academiphile, Crafter of Stars
School: Super non
School: Non Target Major:
School: Target Major:
(For SA as a
School: St. Louis Community
School: Semi Major: Finance
School: Semi to Non Major:
IVY for Life
Oh I didn't realize this was
I have a spreadsheet going,
School: Semi-Target Major:
School: Semi-Target Major:
School: Non Target Major:
inspiring_banker
School: Non-Target Major: