60 to 70% of my email was about them.

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June 12, 2026

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Which Berkeley clubs to target if you want to recruit in finance — and why joining early matters, here's a truth that no one at Berkeley will say out loud.

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June 10, 2026

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I joked, 'Make the market on the odds I'll see you again.' He smiled and said, 'I could, but I won't.' That was when I understood that even the people at the top aren't really steering anything.

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Leo

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June 9, 2026

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Memorizing answers only gets you so far.

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OSG

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OSG

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June 8, 2026

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Bankers who played soccer were the tightest network I found, and if a firm had even one of them, I knew I'd get the interview. Sport opened doors my resume never could on its own.

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Bedy

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June 8, 2026

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It felt like I earned my way into a room I wasn't supposed to enter.

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June 5, 2026

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When I felt like I'd answered every question perfectly, the result was usually bad. The interviews that went furthest were the ones where I got stuck, then worked through it with the interviewer. One felt like a test. The other felt like a conversation.

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Sierra

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June 5, 2026

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Every time a mentor stumped me, I counted it as a win. It meant I'd found a hole in my prep before the interviewer did. So I started asking them for the strangest questions they could think of — and kept going until I could answer every one without hesitation.

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Cat

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June 4, 2026

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I'd rather grind through 90 minutes at the gym than send a networking email I'd already written. I wasn't lazy. I just couldn't see why a call would teach me anything I couldn't get faster on my own. That was the thing I had to unlearn.

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Hannah

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OSG

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June 3, 2026

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You probably aren't the most technically polished person in the room. The thing you bring that no one else can copy is the part of you that looks unrelated to finance.

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Eleanor

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June 2, 2026

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Interviewers can't see how long you practiced. They can only read your language, your expression, your body language — and decide if you're the right fit. Showing up as yourself is the only strategy that actually works.

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Rose

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June 1, 2026

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People assume I got into credit through a finance class. I didn't. I got into it because I spent middle school reading about automakers borrowing against their inventory and unpaid invoices. So when the Ares interviewer asked why credit, I wasn't reaching for an answer. I'd had one for a decade.

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Jamison

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May 29, 2026

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Technical skill sets the floor. Recruiting strategy sets the ceiling. I'd been optimizing the wrong one for two years.

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Alan

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May 28, 2026

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I came into quant recruiting without a single Olympiad medal on my resume. For months, I thought that meant I'd already lost. What I didn't realize was that market makers care less about the medals than about how you think when you don't know the answer.

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Terry

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May 27, 2026

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Victor compared it to Go. He said I was already winning the board — I just needed to close it out cleanly. Then he told me he sometimes prepares last minute too, and that what matters is whether you're a little better than the last round. That was the night I stopped trying to be perfect.

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Lily

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May 26, 2026

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Recruiting felt like the kind of game where you don't win by being the strongest at the start. You win by staying in long enough to figure out what the game is actually asking of you. Most people quit before that part.

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Jimmy

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May 25, 2026

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UNC isn't a target for Wall Street, and after the technicals I realized macro was more interesting than modeling anyway. Sales & trading was the only honest answer to both.

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Aaron

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May 22, 2026

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When the interviewer just said 'No,' I had a second where I almost flinched. Then I realized the same composure I'd built up for years was the thing that would carry me through the next ninety seconds.

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Nora

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OSG

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May 21, 2026

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In recruiting, some players are dealt rockets. Others get a 2-7 offsuit. But that's just the start of the game. What really separates people is how they play the hand they're given.

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Oliver

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OSG

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May 20, 2026

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Every piece of my journey, from culinary research to late-night stock pitches, built a more authentic version of myself. The Point72 offer was simply the final piece that clicked into place.

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Bella

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OSG

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May 19, 2026

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Learn how a Johns Hopkins student broke into investment banking from a non-target school. Discover strategies, early insight programs, and interview prep tips that led to a Bank of America offer.

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Chloe

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OSG

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May 18, 2026

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I didn’t change my INFP personality. I just learned how to turn sensitivity into structure, and structure into offers.

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OSG

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April 30, 2026

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Interviews are not exams, they are conversations built on substance.

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OSG

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OSG

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April 29, 2026

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A Liberal Arts student shares how she navigated Investment Banking recruiting to secure roles at Barclays S&T and Deutsche Bank ABS.

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OSG

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OSG

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April 28, 2026

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Learn how an international student secured a Citi Summer Analyst offer despite having no Spring Week internship.

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OSG

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OSG

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April 24, 2026

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From a History major to landing Investment Banking and Private Equity offers, discover how OSG mentorship helped bridge the gap and master finance technical skills.

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OSG

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OSG

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April 24, 2026

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Learn how Jessi secured a $280K Quant Trading Summer Internship at IMC Trading with guidance from One Strategy Group mentorship and career coaching.

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Jessi

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OSG

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April 22, 2026

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Discover how Mark, a Rice University STEM student, leveraged technical skills and One Strategy Group mentorship to land multiple energy investment banking offers in Houston.

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OSG

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OSG

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April 22, 2026

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Discover how a non-finance graduate landed a role at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Get practical tips on career transition, recruiting strategy, and interview prep.

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OSG

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OSG

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April 16, 2026

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