Firm guides
Compare the work before choosing a firm. These guides distinguish divisions and entry routes, then connect preparation to a specific lesson or case.
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Bessemer: distinguish venture investing from portfolio-company jobs
Understand Bessemer's direct analyst route, separate fund investing from portfolio careers, and practise sourcing judgement, runway, dilution and venture returns.
Blackstone: choose the strategy before preparing a buyout
Distinguish Blackstone investing and corporate roles, compare strategy-specific preparation, and calculate a buyout's base and downside equity returns.
Evercore: choose the advisory problem you want to solve
Compare Evercore M&A, restructuring, capital-markets and private-capital advisory work, check the relevant office, and practise an evidence-based valuation.
Goldman Sachs: match your application to the business
Choose a Goldman Sachs business and analyst route, distinguish advisory from investing and markets, and test an acquisition's earnings and value separately.
J.P. Morgan: choose advisory, capital markets or corporate banking
Compare J.P. Morgan investment banking and corporate banking routes, check the actual office and role, and practise a valuation and financing decision.
Lazard: prepare for strategic advice or a stressed balance sheet
Distinguish Lazard Financial Advisory from Asset Management, compare M&A and restructuring preparation, and work through a short-term liquidity exercise.