by meridith dennes | Sep 9, 2025 | Campus Recruiting, Lateral Recruiting
How to navigate competing deadlines and manage up when everyone thinks their work comes first In investment banking, “urgent” has lost all meaning. Every email carries a red exclamation mark. Every request is needed “ASAP.” Every managing... 
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 25, 2025 | Campus Recruiting, Lateral Recruiting, Summer Internships
Complete analysis of Vault’s 2025 ranking reveals shifting dynamics in banking prestige, with traditional powerhouses and boutique specialists defining the industry’s elite tier Goldman Sachs has once again claimed the top spot in Vault’s prestigious... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 24, 2025 | Lateral Recruiting, Layoffs, Networking
The harsh reality: Investment banking is notoriously youth-obsessed, with most Managing Directors calling it quits before traditional retirement age. But for seasoned investment bankers over 55, the end of a traditional IB career doesn’t mean the end of a... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 19, 2025 | Buy Side, Campus Recruiting, Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, Summer Internships
Goldman Sachs is rolling out a retention program aimed at keeping junior talent from defecting to private equity firms, the latest move in Wall Street’s escalating war over young bankers. The investment bank will offer select interns a guaranteed path from...