Crestview Analysts
Anyone know anything about Crestview taking analysts out of undergrad? It's a thing, as a few of their team bios show Associates who started off as analysts, and one current analyst. Is it an informal basis through networking that's only run out of H/S?
I went to H/S - Crestview did on-campus recruiting for seniors. No need to network.
They run full on-campus recruiting at Yale, Harvard, Stanford. Perhaps other schools too but those are the ones I know. Interviews given based on resume drop without networking as well.
Great program with many Analysts being promoted to Associates and excellent b-school exits throughout. Having said that, Crestview is quite pedigree-obsessed so networking outside of on-campus recruiting may not work.
why are they so pedigree obsessed if they are an MM firm? would expect that from MF but not MM - does that mean they are harder to get into than certain UMM/MFs?
Username checks out. It's the same case for Altamont Capital Partners and a few other MM funds.
@Goldmanorbust101 - you're truly an asshole. Your post history suggests you're a prestige obsessed prospect with no understanding of how the industry works at all. Best of luck to you
From how its been explained to me yes very pedigree focused but yes they are MM so out of undergrad they aren't getting the cream of the crop out of HSW, they just care about the school at the top of the resume. They take the people at HSW that didn't get MF PE or didn't get Top IB/MBB, which still leaves a talented bunch but isn't the super type A you might expect. Good MM firm though, recently raised 1.9bn
Wrong. I know people who got gigs or interviewed there out of undergrad, and these were very, very impressive people
@Goldmanorbust - you're doing ECM / DCM so no need to worry about working at Crestview. You won't get in
LOOOL ur so salty. take a look at their associate page and you'll see people from MS GCM
Does anyone know when the interview process for this kicks off? I.e. mid/late summer or in the fall once school starts?
why do you say not candidates? seems like some kids had IB experience at MS and the like before joining
Very inaccurate information. Crestview is a highly regarded firm that takes top-tier talent. Just because it is small does not mean it is not a strong firm -- the founders could have easily chosen not to expand. Undergrad recruiting is almost exclusively from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford. Associate recruiting is from bulge brackets and top independent firms. Great pay, I have heard it has a good if elitist culture, and great b-school placement. If I leave my firm to go downstream I would be very happy to go to a firm like Crestview
Quality of associates has dropped off meaningfully the past several years (at one point they were solely recruiting from MS/GS/JPM, and vast majority of those kids went to H/S/P/Y. I'm guessing their funds haven't been performing well, their most recent fundraise isn't even close to where the previous fund was. Pay is also below market. From what I understand, b-school placement is pretty good though and lifestyle is great
I used to like these guys a lot, a MM firm known to have good culture, pay fairly well (UMM pay) and performance also quite strong with very strong senior leadership. They were always very particular about associate hiring. I should note that they’ve always been very “blue blooded” as a firm, particularly concerned with pedigree both in terms of bank, which is common, but also concerned with undergrad school much more than others.
In recent years the hiring has been much more connection based, inviting a lot more nepotism / relationship hires into the firm, many of whom were middle / lower bucket analysts in their respective banking groups, which is disappointing.
Can anyone expand on their MBA placement? Was reading on some older threads that you were pretty much guaranteed Harvard or Stanford from there, but now it seems they're just sending folks to Wharton?
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