How long is the lateral process in 2022 for ib?

Here’s a brief recap of my personal experiences

GS: 1 month interview process, generalist application and interview for “all” coverage teams and are extended offers for teams that you share a mutual interest. HR recruitment handled internally through HCM (human capital management) team. Hireview, superday, no modeling test.

MS: 3 week process, team specific and process is organized by an externally hired 3rd party which uses a MS email. Setting up interviews was a bit of a hassle because these ppl work 9-5 on the dot. Once sent a response at 5:02 and got an automated out of office response that said they’ll respond to me next Monday, interview was Tuesday…had a first round behavioral then a superday with several members of the team including an Md. SD had a mix of behavioral, situational questions (how would you value this X business and what are the risk factors, etc.), and classic technical questions. No modeling test. Really friendly people.
 

JPM: applied for a industry specific role, and didn’t hear back until I asked a close friend to give my application a push. He wasn’t in the group but Hr didn’t seem to mind. The JP Hr team for me was very slow, likely because their Hr recruiters aren’t staffed on a single division like for Gs. It would take 2-3 weeks if not more for my candidate portal to be updated. They also have by far the trickiest of Bb processes, had to do a pymetrics test even before my interviews. Had a first round which went well but again, super long delay in wait time. They also asked for a modeling test, and a SD interview. One thing which made things especially hard was their “No networking” policy where they’re not supposed to get close with prospective candidates and lend help. Although it would seem to make the process more fair, it does make it extremely hard to actually get to know the teams and what they do intimately. Throughout my process, most of my knowledge about what they did was via factset, press releases, and rumors. It makes answering the question “why do you want to come to JP” rather difficult. Never ended up doing the modeling test and to this day my application status is still in purgatory mode of “under consideration” lol.

Lazard: absolute mess, I admit I’ve been a bit harsh on them on this forum but seriously wtf. Got ghosted for 3-4 weeks at times only to be told they’re interested in bringing me in for a first round and later same thing before my super day. Process was almost 3 months from my initial application/outreach. Ended up hearing back 3 weeks after my SD that I didn’t get it, honestly, glad I didn’t. I asked about compensation during my SD and they seemed almost perturbed that I would mention pay. Lol, not doing this job for free guys. Dodged questions about paying clawback, and base pay, stating they realize that other “peers” paid higher but they were confident in their brand and felt their analysts would understand the “slight” variation in pay in exchange. 
 

Gugg: had a great experience, the process was fast, only about 3-4 weeks from start to end. They had a very intense technical process. A full 3 statement build, on top of an actual technical based 1st round interview. People were very friendly and HR was very on their game.

Moelis: Recruiter Kristine is super helpful and friendly, helped set up chats with groups I was interested in before interviews started. Didn’t end up moving forward after the chats due to differences in work preferences (a lot of work with sponsors and mostly undisclosed private transactions). Was told that they would’ve had an accelerated timeline with first round and superday within 1 week of each other. Had a friend interview there and he heard back post superday within 24 hours. A pretty fast paced process all around.

PJT, CVP: don’t seem to hire off cycle for their top programs (RSSG for PJT and Generalist M&A for CVP, was told to reach out to them during the summer for open opportunities)