The IB recruiting playbook on the page — networking scripts, technical deep-dives, behavioral story craft, and the parts no one else writes down.
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10 articlesWalk through any M&A or LBO deal like you have done it before.
11 articlesTurn a 15-minute coffee chat into a referral — what to say, when, and how.
12 articlesCold outreach, follow-up, and relationship-building that earns the referral.
10 articlesThe four behavioral question types — with the frameworks and real answers that win the room.
11 articlesThe bullet points, structure, and confidence that turn a resume into interviews.
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Behaviorals
The whole behavioral round on one card: the four things interviewers score, the four question types and how long each answer should run, the rules every answer follows, and the realistic ~5-question mix — including the Core 3 that open almost every interview.
7 min readUpdated Jun 12, 2026
Resume
One principle governs the whole page: a resume unfolds from general to specific. The standard section stack, the two levers most students never pull — order by relevance, merge Professional & Extracurricular — and how to layer one entry from context down to named deals.
13 min readUpdated Jun 11, 2026
Resume
The Skills line is table stakes and never asked about, so software only: Bloomberg, Capital IQ, FactSet. Never "Financial Modelling" as a label. And if your bullets already name 3 platforms and 3 models, drop the line entirely.
8 min readUpdated Jun 11, 2026
Behaviorals
A 20-to-70-second behavioral question that quietly tests your motivations. The fix: describe the environment you want, not a title, anchored on "I want to spend my 20s learning." Two scripted answers, including the tricky one that names private equity while interviewing for IB.
12 min readUpdated Jun 11, 2026
Behaviorals
Six delivery mistakes that sink strong IB candidates: sounding memorized, rambling past two minutes, generic answers, contradicting yourself, passive stories, and corporate jargon. Not one is about not knowing the answer, and one habit fixes most of them.
17 min readUpdated Jun 11, 2026
Networking
Reaching an MD isn't a copywriting problem, it's a hierarchy problem. Their reflex is to forward you down to an analyst. The fix: name the juniors you've already spoken to and ask for the view from the top — the one move that survives the hand-off.
11 min readUpdated Jun 11, 2026
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