PE On-Cycle (From IB)

Im a summer analyst at IB BAML and wondering what on-cycle recruiting looks like for analysts here. Do they get a shot at the MF/UMM? Does going to a top 3 school help them compensate for not being in Evercore/GS? Just wondering how this works in terms of who gets interviews since there are so many analysts

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take this with a grain of salt, but nearly everyone I know that got interviews for on-cycle are at Evercore/top groups at GS. Would assume MS M&A, PJT RSSG, Laz etc. got interviews as well. It seems like pretty much everyone at MBB / other BBs hardly got any interviews.

EBs dominates PE recruiting it seems like... at least for on-cycle. Probably a function of EB analysts being more technically prepared 

 

I am at a bank that has gotten shit on a ton recently (BofA/Barclays) in a top group and received a few MF invites, along with some other incoming analysts.

 

Tbh this cycle is such a shit show I would recommend sitting out and go off cycle. There is literally no point what so ever.

 
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Completely agree with this. In fact, nobody should do on cycle but me. Thanks guys!

 

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