A Look at SuperWeek Recruiting

While most students were relishing the last week of winter break, some were already back on campus, interviewing for coveted summer finance internships. At the height of SuperWeek, January 2-11, the CDO reception area was filled with first-year MBA students sporting business suits and waiting for their chance to talk with interviewers from major investment banks.

A record 11 banks took part this year, according to Lloyd Baskin, the relationship manager responsible for financial services at the CDO. In addition to the prestigious firms that return each year for SuperWeek—Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse among them—Yale SOM welcomed two new banks this year: Perella Weinberg Partners and Peter J. Solomon Company.

Halfway through the week, the internship offers had started rolling in…