Which firms had the earliest processes for SA 2019 recruiting?

Question

Hi!

So I've heard all about the accelerated recruiting that happened for SA 2019 positions. This year's recruiting timelines still seem pretty up in the air, but was wondering what banks had the earliest processes for last year. Was it the EBs / certain BBs?

prestigewhore101 · Accepted Answer

For NYC, Wells Fargo and Guggenheim were the first to interview at my school, in late March.

Here's a timeline of interviews I or my friends had (target, IB only, not counting HireVues etc):

– March: Guggenheim, Wells Fargo
– April: Evercore, Greenhill, Deutsche Early, MS Early, JPM, GS Early, Houlihan Early
– May: PWP, PJT, BAML Early, RBC Early
– June: N/A
– July: BAML, CS, Lazard, MS, Centerview
– August: RBC, UBS, LionTree, Moelis, Financo, TAP Advisors
– September: Deutsche, Citi, Barclays, Houlihan, Nomura, BNP Paribas, Macquarie

Most of the MMs/foreign banks were in August/September,

eloquence · Answer

JPM and William Blair opened in February and were basically rolling the whole summer, GS opened in March with interviews in May. EVR and Moelis also in that March/April time period. A number of BBs (MS, CS, Citi?) stayed with their summer application dates.

Diversity and SF/Houston recruiting was very early too, February-April first rounds and superdays even if the banks had not started NY yet, so some of the top SF groups were done before their online apps even opened. Keep in touch with your network if any of that applies to you.

Orionsbelt1234 · Answer

Yeah networking seemed to be a highly effective way to get into the early process in satellite offices - regardless of OCR or not.

I’ll admit I got kind of lucky, being from a non target. I had reached out to some contacts, both new and old, and emailed resumes just as most usually do when networking.

fightmeirr · Answer

This is pretty accurate. Added a couple details below.

General trends - EBs were mostly done by mid-Summer except for CVP which waited until September.

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