2024 London SA IB/PE/HF/AM general thread
As SA positions for London SA 2024 are about to start opening en masse, I thought of starting a thread to discuss recruitment tactics, tips and doubts.
Whats opened so far:
IB
Guggenheim Partners
PE
HF
Capstone
Capula
Point 72 (opened and shut)
AM
All the best my fellow chimps!
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anyone heard back from gugg post app or blackrock post hirevue(black heritage) ?
Gugg just opened and its a new shop in London so I think they'll take a while. BR seem to be non-rolling, don't know when they'll respond
I did my vcl but haven't heard back
BR gets back after deadline
Guggenheim say you must receive your bachelors degree in summer 2025 in order to apply. If I’m a final year student is it possible they let me slide by saying I’m doing a MiF after graduating? I’m not expecting a return offer so I’m in a bit of an awkward position with a bad job market + final year student. Going for SA again as I’ve been told trying for FT would be a mistake.
think the website says receive a bachelor's degree BY 2025. By being the important word
I'd recommend going for Off-cycle when you graduate, I've been going to a few insight programmes and HR has really pushed it as an alternative
I’ve tried researching off cycle but everything about it is so confusing, application deadlines like when is it to late to apply? when do you start? how many seats are available vs SA seats? etc. I plan to apply to a couple off cycles and not just re apply to summer analysts programmes again but the lack of info on off cycles makes me reluctant to apply.
Why are you so sure you won't get return offer?
Visa issues. I’m a UK student interning at one of the US offices of an NYC LMM firm. I’m gonna be working in the US but the company has offices in my home country so i’ll be technically an employee from my country’s office visiting the us team for my entire internship. I broke in via networking and its a small firm with under 500 employees so I had to get creative to make sure I landed an internship after striking out with on cycle interviews. Unfortunately they don’t have a offices in the UK and getting a US visa is a pain in the ass. I could still get a return offer and pray for getting a visa approval but I rather focus on what I can control.
Anyone heard back from blackstone? If yes, what traits you got as most unique in pymetrics?
how long did it take you to receive a pymetrics invitation ? I can see they looked at my profile in linkedin but idk if I got dinged.
You have to submit pymetrics within 3 days of the application so you might get one soon. Also, I believe pymetrics invite is automatic.
Those can be networked past. Had most unique for liking risk lol. Not good for Buyout!
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anyone heard from Guggenheim
GIC just opened. Thoughts on their direct investing practice in private investing, public equities. Seems like they are usually co-investors.
In general, all of the pension funds / SWFs are co-investing rather than actually sourcing deals from scratch themselves. It seems that their full-time graduate program is a rotational program, so I'm unsure whether it is possible to recruit for a specific team.
Interesting, they asked us to choose our division for SA apps. They also had a choice between co-investment and direct investment teams, which led me to ask wether they really do any direct deals
What is the application process for GIC? Is there a hirevue immediately after test? I did not hear back after test.
Same, haven't heard back. They invite for TIs I believe but not really sure.
Is there a possibility to apply for a specific group in the application or is it only a rotational program?
How many questions were you able to attempt in the test?
Could anyone let me know which firms give instant tests post-CV submitting?
I'm looking to get to grips with these tests (i'm in a gap year)
Know for sure of the following: RBC, MS, JEFF, Barclays, Nomura, UBS. RBC and MS share a provider and so do JEFF and Barclays.
Legend, thank you!
Is there a Whatsapp Group for SA2024?
Not that I know of, I can make one if everybody wants it
Hey guys I have made a WhatsApp group, if you'd like to join please pm me because I don't want any scammers or creeps. Thanks.
Is GS really opening only on Aug 15??
Yeah that's generally pretty early for London. In North America, they opened March 15 which was quite late.
Yes. Last year they took no FT analysts and this year they have delayed applications by ~1.5 months. Not a good sign.
Did anyone get schroders test straight after applying or do they look at cv?
Got it the day after applying
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Received it the same day I applied.
Hey! Did you recieve the test? I applied yesterday and haven’t received anything
Bono
Can final years apply for BNP if they plan on doing a masters?
says penultimate year of study but doesn’t specify if it has to be undergrad
Is this for S&T or banking?
global markets so S&T
Wow, this year's SA thread is really dead...
Yeah it is very strange for me
was thinking this as well lol
there are like 5 group chats all of which are pretty active. Thats probably why
Anyone know if RBC rejects automatically if you don't pass the tests?
Scored perfectly on the three tests and still got rejected. Makes 0 sense
Sorry to hear, did you get dinged straight after you finished them ?
Same thing here. Rejection email 5 mins after test after scoring well . RIP
Had this happen for SW but not this year, I think they might scan CV/written questions for key words or something.
Any updates on the RBC process at all? Has anyone heard back after completing tests?
Completed the tests 9 days ago and still haven't heard back
First wave of TIs were given out today, apparently. And lots of people got rejected immediately after the tests as well. I haven’t heard back so fingers crossed they have more waves of TIs lined up.
TI waves coming out
Anyone received a BNP rejection post OT? Think they did that for spring, not sure for summer.
Got a rejection email for summer earlier today
I'm sorry to hear, did they specify why? I've applied for banking and most people ik have applied for trading so I was curious.
Same
Did you apply for Global Banking? How long after you completed the tests did you receive the rejection email?
Heard quite a few have for markets
rejection after 12h from the test lmao
Not really, just your generic rejection email lol
I see, thanks.
Anyone else not received hsbc job sim yet
I've received the online immersive assessment but I haven't done it yet. Is it difficult?
I got it a few hours after I finished the OT
Did the Online Immersive Assessment on Thursday and just got the Job Simulation, if it helps
Same here
I just got the invite for it
Not difficult but crazy long
Anyone completed job sim for HSBC yet, if so what’s it like ?
Not yet but did for SW last year, go to their prep portal you can see the type of questions they ask for the video/written stuff
Have you completed yet? I've just received the invitation.
Completed it yesterday, pretty straightforward tbh it’s very similar to the oia
What are people getting for SOCGEN tests?
Got that I'm not a good fit for the job lmao
Bro same wtf and I'm usually good at sjts
Link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZhNDgvXGS5KHqIupyFykB
Hearing evercore hv are out but they haven’t even viewed my profile.
Anyone else?
Same
Did you guys ever receive the HV? Still nothing despite applying the first day
Are Soc Gen tests automatic ?
Not sure, my profile was viewed before mine were sent
Thanks, I just get a message thanking me for expressing interest
Anyone applied for JPM and still not received a Hv :/
when did you apply? some of them are taking time
Received for AM but not for ER
Does anyone know if MS IBD has given out Hirevues?
Yep, have heard a few ppl got it
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