Early interviews - Full-time recruitment

Usually your school will have a policy preventing firms from giving you an "exploding" offer, and will require them to extend the offer to a certain date, usually after interviews are over.

Not sure how it works in the US. But in London the other banks hold nights out at the end of the summer where other banks interns are invited.

It's quite easy to get an interview out of these events - you could almost say that its their sole intention of running the events;-)

So ring the HR departments after your internship ask about early bird recruitment.

Yes, you should be able to if you know HR or bankers at other firms and can get put in the accelerated channel. Banks love to steal other people's summers for full times.

Are accelerated interviews ever scheduled during your summer analys stint while you're in NY? If so, how do you acually have the time to do it?

For IBD, from what I understand they're usually shortly after most IBD programs end.

is it possible to get these accelerated interviews for summer internships or just full time?

They are for full time positions. They usually towards teh end of the internship or shortly afterwards.

My 1st rounds was actually in July, so I had to do it during the internship. They had interview slots at 7:00 am or 8:00 pm to accommodate interns' schedules though. I made the mistake of applying in early July for this when I should have been applying in early to mid-June. My final rounds were just after the program ended.

I've heard of some rising juniors who are going to be studying abroad for their whole junior year contacting hr and getting accelerated interviews internships the following summer. I think that this is very limited and really only for top notch candidates.

So what is the process of getting to these info sessions or interviews? Is all through personal contact or is there a formal applicaton process, etc?

I think it's invitation only, but you can network yourself into an invitation pretty easily if you have a decent resume as well.

It is invitation only and has to do with your progress during the summer internship process and also where you ended up...

I.e., I know a lot of people from LEH/MS who got accelerated GS interviews, but if you were at DB/BOA/etc. it might be more difficult.

What do you mean your progress during the summer internship process? And can we inquire about it and then get invited or what?

So while I am still interning this summer should I be trying to contact other banks and ask them about interviews for full time? What should I say about my current position - I don't like the experience that I'm getting or what? What happens if I ultimately decide to go with my summer employer?

Also how do the companies usually lay out your offers at the end of the summer? Do they try to pressure you into accepting right away or do they give you some time to decide? If they make it exploding do you have to contact your career center and see what they can do?

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/early-ft-interviews-for-nyc-bbs-i…

also, i chose to forgo an experience at a BB to take an S&T position at a top BB. is it possible to get accelerated interviews for ibd or am i on par with everyone else without banking experience?

I would imagine you would be at an advantage to people with no banking experience since you've sampled a professional environment for a given period of time and hopefully done a good job, but you'll have to have some strong reasons why you want to make the switch from S&T to IBD.

Joefish- thanks for the link to the other post. I attemped to find information through the search but you seem to have chosen a better keyword.

Question: For these accelerated interviews, is it better to cold call / e-mail bankers in the BB you are interseted in or to touch base with HR and let them know of your interest?