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Cover Letter: IB Summer Analyst.

A full summer-analyst cover letter that threads a packed resume into one clean story.

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What's inside

How one candidate threaded four internships — PE, banking, a search fund — into a single story banks can follow. Model yours on it.

The hookOpens with momentum, not “my name is”
The threadHow four internships become one storyline
The personal angle11 years of competitive chess, made relevant to banking
Why this firmThree employees named, and what they actually said
The closeA confident, specific close that never begs

Written by

Matthew Farquhar

Capstack

Matthew studied at a non-target school before working in investment banking at Moelis & Co. He founded Capstack and has since helped hundreds of non-target students land IB offers at top institutions.

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