One shot in the whole lifetime at BX
I've hear from friends that at BX, especially in RE PE, you only get one shot in all your life. If you fail a recruiting cycle you are out for life for RE PE.
Is this true?
Not really, I’ve been part of 2 recruitment cycles so far (though for different strategies), failed both
have you applied to their PE by any chance? I've applied a long time ago for 2025 intake and heard nothing, not even a rejection email. I guess I got dinged but would like to understand what is normally their timeline to send out rejections
Most firms never send rejections, they just ghost you
They absolutely do not blacklist people for life who miss out. That's just rumors, it would be bad business. Careers are very long, someone who misses the cut as an analyst has every right to land there as a midlevel or senior if they end up with useful experience. Imagine rejecting an MD they're trying to bring in because he failed to recruit there 20+ years ago.
Now back to back years at the analyst level, yes - if you get far along in interviews and then strike out at the analyst level and try to come back the next year, yes they are likely not going to let you go through the process again. But that is not at all unique to BX, most firms will do that. No bearing on applications years later.
Even doing this at the analyst level with 12 months apart seems weird to me ngl. At the analyst level, a lot of learning is done in a short time - An Analyst 2 with 18 months of real experience is a very different candidate from an Analyst 1 with 6 months of real experience, even if it's the same person.
Oh totally agree. I meant graduate analyst - someone who tried for SA 2025 and got a superday but no offer can't extend grad and come back for SA 2026.
You only have 1 shot. 1 opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted. Mom's spaghetti.
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