London 2021SA Progress Megathread

Most banks are open. Let's make a thread about which stage each firm is in the interview process

(Updated 08/01/21)

Alantra - offers out

Bain Capital - offers out

Barclays - have given out offers, rejections (after recent AC), and waitlist positions

Berenberg - have given out 1st rounds; spring-to-summer offers given

BlackRock - offers out (investments)

Blackstone - offers out

BofA - offers out (IBD, S&T, Audit, Research); spring-to-summer offers given

BNP - offers out

BP - offers out for spring converts; regular ACs in January

Campbell Lutyens - have given out 2nd rounds

Centerview - offers out

Citadel - offers out

Citi - all offers out (IBD and S&T SA class are full); spring-to-summer offers given

CS - IBD SA class full (there is a waitlist), ER offers out (class full), S&T offers out; spring-to-summer offers given

DB - ACs out; spring converts offers out

DC Advisory - offers out

Evercore - offers out; spring-to-summer offers given

Fidelity - ACs out

GIC - have given out ACs

Gleacher - have given out 2nd rounds

Greenhill - offers out

GS - offers out (IBD, S&T, GIR, MBD)

Houlihan Lokey - offers out

HSBC - offers out (AM class full, markets), ACs out (IBD)

Jane Street - offers out

Jefferies - IBD offers out; have given out offers for spring-to-summer conversions

JPM - offers out (IBD, Markets, Credit Risk, Corporate Banking, AM). ACs ongoing until December

Lazard IB - not hiring for 2021SA; spring-to-summer offers given

Lazard AM - offers out for sales and marketing 

Macquarie - offers out (IBD, S&T, AM)

Maven - offers out

Mizuho - offers out S&T

Moelis - offers out

MS - have given out offers (ER, IBD, S&T, BRM), IBD & S&T & BRM class full, ACs (GCM), phone interviews (MSREI) and some rejections; spring to summer offers given

M&G - have given out hirevues

NatWest - offers out

Nomura - have given out some offers (IBD, CFS); spring-to-summer offers given

Point72 - offers out

PIMCO - offers out

PJT - offers out

PWP - offers out 

RBC - offers out (IBD, S&T), IBD class full; spring-to-summer offers out

Rothschild - have given out some 1st rounds; spring-to-summer offers given

Schroders - offers out

SIG - offers out

SocGen - offers out

Surveyor - offers out

Temasek - offers out

UBS - IBD class full; S&T, research offers out

If you know of any activity please comment here so we can consolidate them into the OP

1215 Comments
 

UBS has given video interviews.

Wow, PWP already started giving out first-rounds? Knew I should have applied earlier, only finished my app yesterday

 

UBS videos are automatic if you pass the tests so not going to include them here

 

Congrats! I don't have much experience with EB interviews, ppl on here say the technicals can get very difficult though. Was this true for your 1st/2nd rounds? 

 

For P72, the offers given out were largely conversions from their case competition afaik? They're at all stages of interviewing at the moment.

 

interested too. Haven't heard back even though I did the first wave of tests

 

All I know of is:

  • PWS
  • REPE
  • REAM 
  • Strategic Partners 

Not sure about the others (but I assume they gave them out) - This is for summer btw

 

It says Evercore has given out phone interviews. I'd previously heard that was only for FT not SA. Can anyone confirm?

 

Evercore SA Advisory 1st round phone is out for sure, have mine next week. Got it the day after applying, applied less than one week ago

 

With BoA first round do you mean the phone interview after the video interview?

 

Spoke to a recruiter there and they said for research its apply online -> video interview -> AC. So not quite IB, but possible not to have a phone interview.

 

spoke with recruiters and they said only IBD will have a phone interview round before AC

 

Hi guys, in a typical year when are the assessment centers in BBs and boutiques and when do you think they may take place this year?

 

Had for IBD today, was with an associate.

Also, anyone got insight on GS hirevue for IBD? Is it still 5 questions like previosu years

 

I think everyone who applied for their fast-track events did get a rejection in order to be considered there. Did you apply?

 

Hows it going monkeys.

Just got my UBS rejection - must have failed the Kobayashi Maru or whatever tf that numerical test was.

Side note: anyone else get "less suited for this division" on the MS sjw? Is that auto dinge or nah?

 

Yeah I haven’t got dinged yet. But I assume that I’ll get a rejection because of that

 

Just finished the UBS numerical thing, felt like a caveman for most of the test's duration. How soon did u get the rejection after the test?

 

Nah. It is fastrack to AC but they litterally just sent a lot of of rejections to everyone who applied and also applied for the normal IBD summer. Did you not receive one

 

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