by meridith dennes | Aug 21, 2026 | Campus Recruiting, Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, Summer Internships
As predicted: this cycle’s summer analyst return-offer conversion is looking uneven. Wall Street Oasis threads describe some banks reportedly landing well below 70% — down from what’s typically a 70-90% range — and the explanation candidates say... 
by meridith dennes | Aug 6, 2026 | Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, Summer Internships
Why Recruiter Outreach Misses the Mark | Prospect Rock Partners Prospect Rock Partners Submit Resume → Candidate Database Refresh Why Recruiter Outreach Misses the Mark — And What We're Doing About It If you've spent any real time in investment banking, you've had... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 21, 2026 | Campus Recruiting, Summer Internships
A Prospect Rock Partners Guide — Updated July 2026 If you are entering your sophomore year in fall 2026 and graduating in 2029, your junior summer internship — Summer 2028 — will be decided far sooner than you think. The single most damaging misconception in... 
by meridith dennes | May 19, 2026 | Compensation Trends, News, Summer Internships
Why AI will make investment bankers more efficient — not redundant — and what that means for how they get paid Introduction: A Philosophy Built in the MIT AI Lab Dave Blundin is a serial entrepreneur, MIT-trained artificial intelligence pioneer, and the Founder and... 
by meridith dennes | May 5, 2026 | Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, Summer Internships
Investment banks are having a good run. Revenues are strong, bonuses are up, and deal flow is recovering. Junior bankers’ benefits have been stripped back anyway — and the conditions that might once have forced their return look structurally weaker than before.... 
by meridith dennes | Apr 13, 2026 | Campus Recruiting, Summer Internships
There is a version of the finance recruiting story that goes like this: get a 3.7, land a Goldman summer analyst role, convert to full-time, and spend the next two years building your resume for the buy side. It is a clean story. It is also a story that describes a...