JPM IBD SA 2026 – Are These HV Answers Strong Enough for AC? + Has Any AC Gone Out Yet? (London SA 2026)
I completed the JPM IBD HireVue on opening day, and I know some firms are starting AC waves now. Haven’t seen any confirmed JPM ACs yet, so wanted to check with others in process and also get a sense of how my answers benchmark.
Assume strong delivery (clear, steady tone, no reading). Here’s how I structured my three questions:
1. Why Financial Services & Why JPM? (90 sec)
— Talked about wanting early responsibility → linked it to a boutique internship where real revenue impact was quantified.
— Then moved into a JPM deal (named value, who they advised, impact on sector), followed by point on how interns get staffed on live projects.
— Closed by aligning that exposure + responsibility with personal drive to develop quickly.
2. Biggest challenge to financial services in the next 5 years:
— Chose AI. Mentioned how it was actually used in a previous role to speed financial modelling → but then pivoted into regulatory pressure, data privacy, client trust issues, and the risk of misuse.
— Finished by saying AI has upside but only if managed carefully and implemented responsibly at scale.
3. Pitch a Company to Invest In:
— Picked Eli Lilly due to Mounjaro and rising healthcare demand. Linked rising obesity rates → sustained volume → inelastic demand.
— Mentioned strong cash generation and long-term positioning in healthcare innovation.
— Did acknowledge downside (drug side effects and risk of regulatory scrutiny).
Question to people who have passed HV to AC or reviewed HVs:
→ Would this be considered strong enough content-wise for JPM to move through to AC, assuming confident tone and eye contact?
→ Also, has anyone actually received an AC invite yet for IBD (not Markets or GCM)?
Any insights from return offer interns or analysts will be appreciated. Any answer would be greatly appreciated.
Your answers could have been amazing; but that doesn't guarantee a human reviewed it. Most probable, it is engineered to hear buzzwords, which you get scored on. Just hope you get progressed, but other than that there's no clear 'formula' for good answers. Many, many people submit strong hirevues like yours. If anything, your post is just telling other people the questions so they can prepare...
i know someone who did not answer a whole question last year and got the AC so no point in thinking all this
yeah just to reiterate what everyone else says. My answers were ass and I still got AC and offer. JPM is very random. So just do the best you can and forget about it till you get the call up
But going to advise you anyways.
1. Be ultra specific to JPM. Early responsibility is not like a JPM specific thing - in fact boutiques probably get more exposure. Mention things like how JPM is the largest bank ITW with full suite of products which allows for cross selling of products (DCM, Lending, Prime Brokerage etc). We get greater dealflow from our services which creates long term client relationships which will eventually lead to M&A. (Thats specific to JPM, and shows u understand the biz model). Also maybe mention high tech spend etc. they love to jerk off to that
2. Sure AI. But thats kind of boring. Probably will see it 100x a day
3. Surely Eli Lilly Mounjaro demand is already priced in. Why would buy a stock that already has most of the growth priced in. Search up how to pitch a stock. Mention catalysts, drivers, Moats etc.
Thank you for the advice, it’s really appreciated!
Have u heard back for ac yet?
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FYI these hirevues do get reviewed by people. Astonishingly how many people don’t have a suit or are blatantly reading from a screen / regurgitate an AI provided answer. Seen so many people getting just dinged cause of this.
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