KKR Hiring Preferences / Class of 2020
Most of the people I've found, so far, are Division I athletes. Even the ones getting internships. Seems to be a major hook for getting an analyst spot at KKR.
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Not to be rude, but what's the point of you making this thread?
they want to feel better about themselves for not landing a gig with KKR
Maybe it’s generally helpful to know a company’s hiring preferences.
These are supposedly the top finance kids. It's an interesting discussion
is this true? I've only seen one DI athlete, a girl at H
At lease two H athletes. Yeah the one you mentioned is one.
KKR also has an incoming Ross analyst who is an URM. Non-athlete.
The is the case all over finance. At my BB internship, a ridiculous percentage of the class was division 1 athletes. At my PE internship, tons of the firms analysts and associates were athletes. For whatever reason, athletes are seriously overrepresented in finance. I think its a work ethic thing (if you can balance sports and school, chances are you know how to manage your time and won't have a breakdown working 80 hours a week). Also its a self-fulfilling prophecy now, as former athletes are going to look more highly at a current college athlete during the hiring process.
This is the first year that KKR is running an organized Analyst program, and it's essentially a diversity program (barring a few exceptions). Each group only took 1-2 analysts, if any.
I'm sure the experience is still fantastic and all their incoming analysts are more tha qualified, but it's by no means "the top finance kids" exclusively.
Can analysts have to exit to MBA and return?
wow, there's no A2A promotion at all? Will exits all pretty much be to HF then? I know someone mentioned it's difficult to move from one MF to another
How do you know there's no A2A promotion?
This is false lol. They've literally said that they would like Analysts to stay on assuming they perform well. They are not going to guarantee an associate promotion prior to even getting there lmao. This program takes some of the very top talent out of undergrad. Everyone stop being butthurt that you couldn't land it
White females are diversity candidates?
Yes white females are diversity. Very disadvantaged group of people
Isn’t there a study showing that they benefit the most from the affirmative action initiatives put in place to help racial minorities?
Yeah lol lets be honest the people getting the diversity spots are rich white girls & rich URMs
I was kidding, sorry if it wasn't clear. Rich females and minorities benefit the most from affirmative action and it's not even close
This is not true. I'm currently in the process for KKR's 2021 Analyst program and everyone I have spoken to have specifically said that the aim is for all Analysts to be promoted to Associate. The feeling I got is that you'd have to be pretty terrible as an Analyst for this not to happen. Otherwise what's the point of the 2 years they are training you? Of course they want you to stay and rise up in the firm, not send you off after 2 years and instead hire some other banker who they only get to meet for 24 hours in an insanely rushed process
yeah in the same boat - there is definitely A2A and the idea is LT career op
How do both of you claim to know what you’re talking about, yet you each make vastly different claims?
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