2026 M&A Qatalyst London
Anyone received or seen the link to apply for Qatalyst FT/SA? Dartmouth stated apps supposed to drop today but I haven't seen anything yet
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I see you are new to Dartmouth. They have a unique perception of deadlines and timelines lol
Can you elaborate further?
Never seen them join an interview on schedule; interviewed with them 3 times, always at least 5 minutes late. One time, they rescheduled 2 mins before the interview for the next day due to "voice related technical issues".
I bet they actually opened the applications, but only for selected people (if there was like an express interest form). If that's the case, they should open the general form in the next few days.
Dartmouth is a joke, I interviewed for the Qatalyst analyst program last year and they didn’t move me forward because of my high school grades despite me having a BEng, an MSc in Finance, and being doing a highly relevant internship in Tech IB at the time 💀
At least they liked your primary school grades
Guess kids are going to have to start worrying whether they went to a target kindergarten soon
unless you were born in the Mayo Clinic how can i confidently assess your ability to change logos in powerpoint
I got denied because I was a C-section baby
online tests used to be goated for Q
Links will get passed around in the coming weeks. Dartmouth have a catalogue of candidates via Linkedin/Networking that they already know would be a good fit so will have sent the links directly to them. E.g. I was sent Campbell Lutyens link for grad having spoke to the recruiters about an interest in secondaries advisory roles
ie they have a roster of diverse candidates through SEO or otherwise with little relevant experience that they're ready to send for interviews lol
imo not really, ive spoken to a few recruiters and theyre fairly meritocratic. they prioritise work exp and university brand name above everything else. also end of the day after they've interviewed, they give their feedback of each candidate to the client (firm), who then review holistically (interview feedback, cv etc) to decide whethr they want to invite the candidate to AC. this does vary, e.g. DC advisory have used dartmouth for a while and have a strong relationship so DC trust dartmouths feedback. also have noticed more and more firms are using dartmouth (they basically have a chokehold on advisory boutiques early careers)
worst application of all time holy shit
how so? imo questions seemed fairly straight forward and what would be expected to include for any cover letter
6 questions is ridiculous especially without a word limit (?)
Why Qatalyst and why Tech is obviously fine in a Cover Letter and the last two are also very straightforward but not kind of meh when you should probably be writing ~200 word answers
What is irritating though is the questions about hypothetical acquisition and recent acquisition. Questions like those actually require thought
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