The IB Recruiting Playbook In 3 Days

Live EventAugust 18th–20th

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The playbook behind offers at

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What you're going to learn

The full recruiting playbook in three days

Here's what the 3-day live event covered:

Day 1Tuesday, August 18th

How Investment Banking Recruiting Works

  • The recruiting timeline for your year (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, graduates, MBAs)
  • What banks screen for before a resume gets rejected
  • Live resume workshop: resumes rebuilt in real time
  • Guest speakers who just went through recruiting at top banks
Day 2Wednesday, August 19th

Networking And How To Stand Out As A Candidate

  • A repeatable process for cold outreach, with a live coffee chat example
  • How to build behaviorals that make bankers remember you, with live examples
  • How to use AI for recruiting and interview prep
  • Guest speaker session with a banking Vice President
Day 3Thursday, August 20th

Technicals, Superday Prep, And Life After Banking

  • How to master technicals, with a live mock interview broken down in real time
  • Superday preparation and what makes a great banker from a Managing Director
  • Life after banking: guest investors from private equity, hedge funds, and venture capital

Why now

The cost of waiting vs. joining the challenge

Here's where you'll be after the three days, side by side with where you'll be without them.

Joining the challenge

  • You'll know exactly where you stand in the recruiting timeline and what to do next, whether you're a freshman or a senior
  • You'll walk out with a resume reviewed live and rebuilt to pass screening
  • You'll have a networking system and a behavioral story that bankers remember
  • You'll have watched a full technical mock interview before you sit your first real one
  • You'll have real-time recruiting insights from bankers at the analyst to Managing Director level

Skipping the challenge

  • You'll keep guessing at your recruiting timeline
  • You'll keep sending out the same resume with no idea why it's not getting through
  • You'll keep networking and interviewing the same way and getting the same results
  • You'll walk into your first Superday without ever having done a real technical mock interview or knowing how it's evaluated
  • You'll rely on online guides and forums and recruit without real insights from bankers

Meet your coach

Hi, I’m Ben Chon

Ben Chon, host of the 3-Day IB Recruiting Challenge
  • Founderrareliquid
  • Ex-IB · Recruiting CaptainJ.P. Morgan
  • 272K+YouTube subs

If we haven’t met before, my name is Ben Chon (@rareliquid on YouTube). I spent 2 years at J.P. Morgan as an investment banking analyst, closed over $15 billion in transactions, and led recruiting as a captain, deciding which resumes got interviews.

I broke in as a senior coming from a non-finance background, competing against candidates who’d been prepping since freshman year, and landed one of only two spots in my group. What made the difference was understanding what banks were looking for and working backwards from there.

I’ve spent years since then teaching 200+ students to do the same. If you want the playbook that’s helped them land offers, get on the list for the next challenge.

Event details

Where, when, and what

Where

Live on Zoom

This is a fully virtual event, so you can join from anywhere in the world. I’ll be going live on Zoom each day.

Any deviceLaptop or phone
AnywhereAll timezones
Replays includedEvery session
When

August 18th–20th6PM ET / 3PM PT

Three consecutive evenings, one session each day. The next run follows the same format.

1Day 1Tue · Aug 18th
2Day 2Wed · Aug 19th
3Day 3Thu · Aug 20th
What

The full recruiting playbook

Three days with a former J.P. Morgan banker and coach to 200+ candidates, covering resume, networking, and interviews.

ResumeDay 1
NetworkingDay 2
InterviewsDay 3

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What happens now that the challenge is over.

We plan to. Add your email at the top of the page to join the rareliquid newsletter, and you'll get the dates as soon as they're set.
Everything lives in the BIIB Challenge community. Check your inbox for the invite that came with your purchase, and if you can’t find it, email hello@rareliquid.com.
This is a fully virtual event on Zoom. You can join from anywhere in the world.
Yes. This challenge is built for candidates from any background, whether you're a freshman or a senior.
Next run to be announced

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3 days6PM ET / 3PM PTLive on Zoom

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