by meridith dennes | Sep 18, 2025 | Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting
How a few good interviews can make you think you’re Wall Street royalty—and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as long as you keep your feet on the ground After eight years of watching investment banking careers unfold from the recruiting side,... 
by meridith dennes | Sep 17, 2025 | Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting
The perfect storm brewing in Wall Street talent acquisition After months of cautious optimism, investment banking is experiencing a genuine inflection point. M&A volume isn’t just picking up—deals are finally crossing the finish line. Summer interns have... 
by meridith dennes | Sep 14, 2025 | Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting
A Data-Driven Approach to Timing Your Lateral Move Based on Historical Bonus Cycles Executive Summary In investment banking, timing your lateral move correctly can be the difference between maximizing your compensation and leaving money on the table. This guide... 
by meridith dennes | Aug 31, 2025 | Campus Recruiting, Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, Summer Internships
Get Real-Time Recruiting Intel Your Competition Never Sees While you’re refreshing Goldman Sachs’ careers page for the hundredth time, students enrolled in Prospect Rock Academy are accessing recruiting market intelligence through Meridith’s 36,000+... 
by meridith dennes | Aug 18, 2025 | Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, News
How Three Years of Strategic Miscalculations May Have Created One of the Most Challenging Hiring Environments in Investment Banking in Recent Years By late 2025, investment banking appears to be facing one of the most difficult hiring environments seen in recent... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 27, 2025 | Buy Side, Exit Opportunities, Interviewing
While Wall Street banks rush to implement new policies to prevent analysts from jumping to private equity, Lazard Inc. is taking a different path: they’re simply not going to. CEO Peter Orszag made the comments during the firm’s Q2 earnings call, where he...