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Finance CV & Recruiting Guides
Specific, no-fluff advice on writing finance CVs that get interviews — benchmarked against the standards used at Goldman Sachs, Citadel, and KKR.
How to Write an Asset Management CV
Asset management CVs are judged on investment conviction, not deal mechanics. Here is how to write one that signals you can actually pick and defend ideas.
Read guideQuant Finance CV Guide: How to Write a Quantitative Analyst CV
Quant CVs live or die on specificity and proof. Here is how to write a quantitative analyst CV that gets past the brutal technical screen.
Read guideFinance Spring Week CV Tips (First-Year Guide)
A spring week CV has a unique challenge: almost no experience. Here is how first-years should build one that still gets shortlisted.
Read guideSpring Weeks: The Most Underrated Pipeline to Your Dream Finance Job
Spring weeks are the cheat code of finance recruiting: a fast-track to a summer internship that most first-years never use. Here is how they work and how to land one.
Read guideHow to Write a Finance CV (Step-by-Step Guide)
The complete step-by-step method for writing a finance CV that gets interviews — structure, bullets, metrics, and keywords, whatever your target role.
Read guideThe Best Extracurriculars for a Finance CV
Which extracurriculars actually move the needle on a finance CV — and how to write them up so they read as evidence, not hobbies.
Read guideBreaking Into Finance from a Non-Target University
A non-target university is a disadvantage, not a dealbreaker. The playbook for breaking into top finance without a target-school name on your CV.
Read guideHow Much Does a Finance CV Review Cost? (2026 Guide)
From free university services to £400 professional writers — what a finance CV review really costs, and which option is actually worth paying for.
Read guideWhy Do a CV Audit? (And When It Is Actually Worth It)
What a CV audit is, why it matters in finance recruiting, and the exact moments when it is worth doing — and when it is not.
Read guideThe Investment Banking Cover Letter: Framework + Example
The four-paragraph framework that converts — exactly what to write in each, the phrases that get you binned, and a full worked example.
Read guideHow to Get Your Finance CV Past the ATS (Step-by-Step)
A practical checklist to make your finance CV machine-readable — and a 2-minute test to confirm an ATS can actually read it.
Read guideThe Investment Banking CV Guide: How to Write a CV That Lands IB Interviews
Everything that goes into an investment banking CV that gets interviews — structure, bullet points, metrics, and the exact keywords recruiters look for.
Read guideThe 7 Most Common Mistakes on Finance Internship CVs
Internship CVs fail for predictable reasons. Here are the seven that come up again and again, ranked by how much they hurt you.
Read guideWhy Most Finance CVs Fail ATS Screening (And How to Fix Yours)
A human may never read your CV. At most large finance firms, software filters first — and it rejects on patterns that have nothing to do with how good you are.
Read guideWhat Goldman Sachs Recruiters Actually Look For in a CV
Recruiters spend six to eight seconds on a first-round CV. Here is exactly what they are scanning for — and the patterns that get you binned.
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