Sell Day?

I just went through one. Essentially all the groups at the bank give a presentation and then you rank them afterwards. I was also told that they rank you. I know that all the presenters had a copy of our resumes.

It can take the form of mutual rankings like Steve wrote above. Or it could just be after you get an offer, when they try to "sell" you on why you should go to them. The second case happens more often if you have competing offers and are considering alternatives.

Don't really need to prepare anything, just be on your toes, fully rested, etc. Some background research into recent activity and different groups at the firm may be helpful as well.

http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/
Mergers & Inquisitions

If you have received a "platform offer" for IBD, Sell Day is usually in January/February (I am talking about FT positions) where all the different groups wine you and dine you, you rank them, they rank you, and you get placed into a specific group. That's my experience with it.

this is for a summer analyst position

Should be sometime around April

mine is soon

Have you accepted your SA offer? At this early stage, I'm assuming you haven't accepted and they're "selling you" on the firm. I'm rather hesitant to believe that group selection is occurring this early at any bank. Let us know.

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