Centerview Partners SA 2023
Starting CVP 2023 Summer Analyst thread since I didn't see one. Feel free to share any relevant information here!
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Anyone else completely getting ghosted by alumni? This is going to be a shit show
which office?
Can anyone confirm or deny if NY non-diverse is indeed starting in the spring instead of late summer? Heard it was late summer in the past but may have changed. School has a handful of alumni and maybe a small recruiting "team" but certainly not Harvard-level.
Also, is it still true that you can be dinged for trying to network?
Where can I find their application?
their application for me was on handshake, and I imagine they put it on their target school's handshake
Had my NY interview earlier this week.
Didn't submit an app — people who I had networked with passed along my info to HR.
Accelerated cuz diversity?
Was the interview challenging?
Friend heard from analyst that CVP will be accelerating their process from the usual September. Anyone else have info?
i had NYC interviews last week but was accelerated bc two exploding offers & knew someone at the firm who helped
Diversity?
Was it first round? How tough was it?
I don’t go to a target school for CVP and I’ve got no response to the networking emails I’ve sent to the analysts at the firm. How am I supposed to apply??
i don't think cornell is a target? can't seem to find them on the handshake
analyst I talked to said centerview nyc (non-diverse) is gonna open around August, not sure where ppl are hearing stuff about spring/moving up the timelines. Although non-nyc offices have already started interviewing
That’s kind of weird considering ever other bank moved up their recruiting this year
Centerview NYC has already done first rounds and is in the process of scheduling more (know of both non div and div).
Bit of a weirder process since you need to network to get your foot in the door. The ones getting interviews now are those that have been really pushed for by current employees.
Wdym network? CVP’s website says to literally not send unsolicited emails to people at the firm?? I go a semi target and haven’t had any alumni reach out back to me…
Well yeah, semi-target says it all. By networking they mean CVP's core schools, HYP+top targets.
yea I saw that on their website too but definitely everyone I know that has gotten into the CVP process had to network so... not sure why they put that on the website but it seems like BS
This isn’t wholly accurate. Lots of non diversity still left to go. Diversity is mostly done though.
Was your first round interview with only 1 person? I have an interview scheduled with 3 people… havent had a first round yet. I don’t know if I’m going straight to super
diversity or non-diversity?
I was notified to schedule a second round by Centerview SF last Wednesday. However, I have not heard from the analyst attached to the email chain that was supposed to reach out to coordinate a time.
Has anyone had their second round in Centerview SF yet?
I haven't heard anything regarding second rounds yet, can I ask when you had your first round?
I had my first round 3/30, and I heard back on 4/6 for an invitation moving to the next round.
How many rounds are there before a superday?? And can I ask you if you had done your second round interview yet.
does cvp have expiration deadlines
this is for diversity right?
div + accelerated i believe
No. Centerview offers don’t explode.
Anyone heard back from the superday today?
bump
Haven't heard back yet. Do you know the typical time when people hear back?
anyone hear back
Did you do a Superday yesterday. I did - have not heard back
Yes
Anyone hear back for Superday from CVP PA?
Did my super day yesterday and got the offer earlier today
Which office?
Anyone who got an offer or knows someone who got an offer at Centerview - how much did you have to network?
I think I networked with 4 people, but one of them was after I already got the first round.
What level of seniority are they? Did you network in order to get the 1st round interview? Because I actually just applied and got invited to 1st round w/out any networking.
Anybody have a superday for SF office yet? Still haven’t heard anything myself
I’m also interviewing with PJT and Evercore. As for other banks, heard some of my friends got a BoFA superday, some JPM non diversity offers out, and pretty much all the boutiques (Lazard, Moelis, HL, etc.) have either kicked off or are reaching the tail end based on what I’m hearing from friends and alumni.
Also if you’re starting to worry, nontarget historically goes later, but you can also look into consulting. I’m also recruiting for MBB since I’d take them over a fair amount of low/mid tier banks.
Does anyone know if they factor in networking to get a superday invite or even pass a superday at EBs. I know some place heavy weight on it like Evercore, but I'm not sure about others. Anyone have insight?
anyone hear back from superday yesterday?
Which office and when did you do the first round?
anyone hear back from cvp pa sd today?
Did all superdays already happen for PA?
Are all superdays/offers pretty much out now?
Shit show of recruiting
why
Anybody know wtf is going on with Centerview SF office? Any superdays or offers go out yet? My contacts have been telling me there's nothing on the schedule coming up, so not sure if I've been dinged and they're leading me on.
Anyone still in the CVP PA process / received an offer?
do they send out rejections? i did a 2nd round that i thought went really well, no superday though :')
Truly not sure, I’ve got the same issue with SF office, really great second round but never heard back
SF starting to send super invites from June 1st onward. They bumped their whole timeline back to be more in line with the NY office. Sit tight.
dyk if that's the same for PA?
Not 100% sure since SF has a lot of autonomy over their own process, but from what the guy said I think PA is the same—have also heard abt some friends getting supers there alr tho so def not sure
Hmm… I've seen offers for NYC office go out already, have those been diversity/accelerated only? Thanks for the info btw
Yeah they are not wrapped in NYC yet
So how do you folks go about networking given CVP’a “no unsolicited emails” policy? Is it just the same old networking as with other banks?
Lol do not email them. Find someone at ur school who knows someone there and get them to connect u
No school alums at Centerview unfortunately
Definitely do not cold email them, the way I got into contact was through incoming summer analysts or seniors going there full time
Do ppl get blacklisted or anything of the like if they cold e-mail?
Don’t listen to these other ppl. I emailed people who didn’t go to my school when I recruited. We had good conversations and they referred me to the right people and helped me out a bunch. The no unsolicited emails thing is kinda BS. Just don’t send emails to all the analysts at the same time or smthn stupid like that.
And yes, I got the offer.
Wow, congrats on the offer. I'm a bit more cautious about cold emailing for CVP because of their policy, but in your experience is it fair game to email more senior people. Were they more/less responsive/helpful than say analysts? Thanks!
For anyone worried about the email rule on website - consider this tree of possible outcomes:
1) You don't email -> no referral -> no interview
2) You email:
-> person gets annoyed -> no referral -> no interview
-> person responds -> phone call -> referral -> potential interview
Only one route gets you an interview. If you really don't send emails because of some disclaimer on the website, you don't know how to properly weigh risk/reward. And FWIW, I emailed multiple people and they responded the same way other bankers do.
3) You don't email —> you get an interview anyway —> paid infinite money
4) You email —> the firm that was going to interview you anyway gets annoyed and doesn't follow up —> sadness
95% of first rounds have gone out (talking abt west coast here) so if u haven't gotten first by now maybe no harm in emailing though
Does anybody have any idea whether CVP is done with recruiting? Are the timelines different between West and East coast? I would really appreciate any insight because I plan on sending out some networking emails within the next few days and would hope they are still recruiting. I'm interested in working in the New York office btw. Thanks!
they are basically done at this point
You're talking about Cali?
A bunch of people spreading misinformation out here.
No they are not "basically done". Right now, the only offers out have been to diversity and accelerated candidates from targets (those who got competing offers from other top BBs/EBs). Their women's program and diversity program run during the summer, and obviously, they haven't started their dedicated fall round yet.
Cope. How big is Centerviews class? There have been a decent amount of offers already handed out to diversity/accelerated candidates. Realistically very few spots left.
Source? Personally have not heard of a single offer out yet for SF office and I'm at H/W. People trying to accelerate got told to try and stall at the other firm. Have seen a few offers out in NYC office though.
Lol think what you want but CVP PA is for sure done and I know more than one person at CVP SF with an offer
Untrue. They have taken non-diversity with no competing offers. Don’t need a competing offer to get accelerated at Centerview.
It’s been a week since the June 1st date that somebody posted on here, has anybody heard about SF or NYC superday invites being sent out?
is the application for non-diverse out or no?
Opened and closed already on target school handshake
I posted that. Recruiter called me yesterday to say they're just running super behind (in CA). Idk if totally believe but btw
Interesting, thanks for the info. You must be a top candidate if the recruiter is calling you lol, think they’re trying to keep you warm so you’re less inclined to sign elsewhere
curious to hear why you don't believe they're running behind? ik some offers have gone out aready but is that only for target?
For those of you at non targets for CVP is the process still the same as other firms? Cold emailing? Have heard mixed
Recruiting for CVP CA is wrapped up
Not really an issue of target vs non-target, CVP moved up their recruiting cycle from August to ~April / May and is largely done with their recruiting
They've done diversity and non-diversity recruiting at this point
Do you know anything NY recruiting?
How do you know this? Just hearsay or?
Well, this was a total lie considering apps just went up on my target handshake for SF.
you do realize that SF and the Palo Alto office are two completely different offices
Anybody get any updates, superdays? Are we all just getting ghosted lol
Based on conversations with alumni I don’t think NYC has started non-diversity yet. They also don’t accelerate non-diversity for competing offers
Yeah makes sense, I applied to SF so it’s been difficult to get more people on the phone since it’s smaller office.
Yeah don’t stress too much yet. They just recruit later than anyone else for whatever reason. I was honestly a little confused cause if they don’t accelerate non-diversity and recruit practically after anyone except maybe DB they are probably missing out on a lot of talent. But well, it’s CVP they probably have it figured somehow
Yes they do, I was literally accelerated as non-div but had another competing offer from a EB. This was back in March and I know other target non divs that had superdays this early too
Did you end up getting an offer from CVP?
Also, any intel on SA 2023 recruiting for NY for non-div, non-targets with no competing offers, thanks!
Does anyone know if on-campus interviews for Centerview are first rounds or are they the equivalent of super days?
Handshake app is up for my target
Has any non-target who networked gotten a first round?
do you see CVP would hire any FTs this year?
Only CVP west coast is hiring this year for undergraduate laterals from what I hear
For Centerview, when you submitted an "application form" in the website, did you guys get an email saying that we submitted our application? I submitted the form but didn't get any emails.
They’re not – to my knowledge
Is centerview doing first rounds right now? Would really appreciate if somebody from a non-core could lmk if they have given out first rounds yet, thanks!
received first rd today
Congrats! Do you go to a target school for cvp?
Are you diversity/target and did you network? Also, I'm confused how this is for 2023, seems really late.
Anyone's application get reviewed on handshake?
Interviewed first round already -- dinged and some classmates move onto SD
could you pm me?
Is this for west coast offices?
Same here. Have you received any updates?
Just did a first round today— shit was so easy lmao
Also did a R1 today-Did you hear back?
Pmed
For which office?
Ny
Redacted
Wdym by that
Did anyone hear back from today's NYC Superday?
nope :'(
Ccc
Cap, I literally work at CVP. We were still deliberating a few hours ago. Offers will go out tomorrow or Monday.
Anyone who applied to the London office heard about interviews yet?
Friends and I at Penn got offers already
welp
Has anyone heard back from yesterday's superday?
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