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Everything you need to recruit for IB — free.

Ten guides, templates, and tools built from real recruiting cycles. Start with the timeline, then work through what's most relevant to where you are.

Foundations

3 guides

A month-by-month roadmap from freshman year through summer internship offers.

8 min read

The avoidable errors that quietly kill applications — and how to sidestep them.

7 min read

M&A, coverage, LevFin, ECM, DCM, and Restructuring — what each group actually does.

8 min read

1 guides

The one-page resume format banks expect, with formatting rules and bullet examples.

6 min read

3 guides

Practical outreach templates for alumni, analysts, and associates, with examples and common mistakes.

5 min read

Post-coffee-chat and post-interview follow-ups that keep you top of mind.

4 min read

How to run coffee chats, ask the right questions, and turn conversations into referrals.

10 min read

2 guides

Story frameworks, the Big Three questions, and a categorized behavioral question bank.

9 min read

Accounting, valuation, DCF, and M&A — what to study, in what order, and how deep.

12 min read

1 guides

A spreadsheet system to manage applications, contacts, and follow-ups without missing anything.

3 min read