If you graduate college and start as an analyst at Blackstone, you become an associate 3 years later. Or you could do on cycle and join as an associate 2 years post grad. Am I missing something? Why would you join as an analyst?
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This is not true, at least in US. An program is 2 years.
Maybe because there is no guarantee you’ll have the opportunity to work at bx in two years?
If you get hired as an analyst at Blackstone, they like you. Assuming you’re an analyst at a top bank/group, why would they change their mind about you?
Your point is that you should start at a bank and then move to blackstone as an associate after 2 yrs because that would be faster than starting at blackstone and being an analyst there for 3 yrs. My point is that if you take the supposedly quicker bank route, there is no guarantee you will have an opportunity to join blackstone after 2 yrs, whereas in the "start at blackstone" example, you are assured entry into the firm, then it is up to you to perform and get promoted to associate.
Where did you get the 3yr analyst program from?
People who work there
It’s not that deep / focus on your courses …
At the end of the day Blackstone is insanely difficult to get. It’s like saying “you could either compete in the Olympics in 2026 or 2030, why would you want to compete in 2030? “, either way A) you’re at the Olympics but also B) it’s prob not gonna happen for you either way (obviously Blackstone is not as baller as the Olympics but you get the point).
Also at the end of the day, if you really want PE, there is so much more than Blackstone and a case to be made there are better spots to be but that’s a seperate topic.
My title is a stale. No harm in asking and making the info available, thanks for your perspective
It’s a 3 year analyst + associate program with an accelerated promotion to senior associate after 3 years. An associate has to do 2+2 and needs 4 years to become SA.
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