How do you land a junior-year investment banking offer as a sophomore? Hadley shares the mindset, preparation strategy, and networking approach that helped her stand out, and why “just going for it” made all the difference.

Episode 48 | May 11, 2026

A sophomore at Syracuse University shares how she turned early networking efforts into a Sales & Trading offer at Bank of America, revealing a practical playbook for freshman and sophomore finance students.

Episode 47 | April 27, 2026

Eric shares how sending 25 personalized cold emails a day, traveling to meet bankers in person, and mastering interview prep helped him break into investment banking. And why persistence is the ultimate edge.

Episode 46 | April 13, 2026

In this episode, Ben talks with David Hawthorne, Director of the Financial Markets Institute at Michigan State University, about how FMI identifies top talent early and builds the technical, professional, and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in competitive Wall Street recruiting.

Episode 45 | March 30, 2026

When Cornell senior Ben Gleman was rejected from eight finance clubs, he built his own. In this episode, Ben shares how he founded Banking at Cornell, developed its two-tier membership model, and partnered with Adventis to prepare students for top roles on Wall Street.

Episode 33 | November 17, 2025

Ben Dowell sits down with Dalton Kahl from the University of South Carolina to discuss the Freshman Finance Academy, a selective program helping first-year students build the technical, networking, and leadership skills needed to thrive in competitive finance recruiting.

Episode 32 | November 10, 2025

When Iowa State football player Ty Claiborne lost a stock pitch competition, he turned that moment into the spark that launched the Ivy Investment Banking Initiative.

Episode 31 | November 3, 2025