Interview Preparation and Practice
Whether you want a quick coaching session or a full practice interview, Career Advancement is here to help you put your best foot forward!
All practice interviews take place via Zoom with trained career advisers, graduate students, alumni, and peer advisers.
If you are new to interviewing or want coaching on how to approach an interview for a specific opportunity, sign up for an interview prep advising appointment!
To request one of these appointments:
Click "Career Center" and then "Appointments"
Choose the industry type most appropriate for your opportunity
Select the "Interview Prep" appointment type
Sign up here for a practice interview:
Click "Career Center" and then "Appointments"
Select "Practice Interview Program" appointment type
Designed to feel like a real interview, practice interviews are scheduled for 60 minutes.
Trained interviewers will assess the effectiveness of responses and provide valuable and objective feedback on interview skills.
Sign up here for an hour-long practice coding interview.
Our team of practice interviewers includes graduate-level computer science students with experience at Citi, Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and more!
Practice one-way recorded interviews on Big Interview - sign up with your @uchicago.edu email address to get started
Big Interview is an online interview practice platform that provides the opportunity to practice responding to interview questions through video recordings to help you improve your recorded interview skills.
Many companies use digital tools such as HireVue to screen and assess candidates – and they are often the first interview in the hiring process.
With Big Interview, you can practice, review your responses, and even observe your speech patterns, eye contact, response time, and confidence level in a safe environment before you interview with companies.
Sign up here to speak with a Finance Peer Adviser who's recently gone through finance recruiting! These peer advisers can assist with recruiting questions, facilitate mock interviews, and discuss their experiences with specific firms.
Name and Firm
Firm Experience
Area/Group Experience
Emilian Pitts (Moelis)
Moelis, Ducera, Guggenheim, Bank of America, Summit Partners
Generalist, RX
Sid Suneja (Centerview)
Centerview, Bridgewater, Lazard, Evercore, Houlihan Lokey, Citi, Spectrum Equity, Commonfund, D.E. Shaw
Generalist, RX, PE
Luke Haenisch (Ares Direct Lending)
Ares, Morgan Stanley, Qatalyst, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Citi, Moelis, Houlihan Lokey, Evercore
Generalist, Direct Lending, TMT, RX
Lauren Kim (Parella Healthcare)
Perella Weinberg, Centerview, Ducera, Houlihan Lokey, Greenhill, Jefferies, Citi, PJT, Evercore, Solomon Partners, Moelis, Goldman Sachs
RX, Healthcare
Tyler Jang (Charlesbank)
Charlesbank, K1 Investment Partners
PE, Private Credit
Yero Diamanka (Goldman Sachs Public Sector and Infrastructure)
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Balyasny Asset Management
Public Sector and Infrastructure, Asset Management, Media and Communications
Aahaan Bandopadhyay (Qatalyst TMT)
Qatalyst, Liontree, Morgan Stanley, Centerview
Technology
Adi Gupta (PJT RX)
PJT, Dodge & Cox, Citadel, Evercore, Lazard, Guggenheim
RX, Long/Short and Long Only Hedge Fund
Armaan Gil (Morgan Stanley FIG)
Morgan Stanley, Societe Generale, Goldman Sachs
FIG, Fintech
Abigail Melkamu (Morgan Stanley Fixed Income S&T)
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Lincoln International
S&T, Secondaries PCA
Neil Chaudhri (Deutsche Fixed Income and Commodities Trading)
Evercore, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche, Societe Generale, TD Securities
S&T, Shareholder Defense / Activism, Fixed Income Commodities, Generalist, Digital Infrastructure
Imran Siddiqui (Goldman Sachs FIG)
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
FIG, Generalist, Fintech, Tech
Lily Liu (Morgan Stanley Generalist)
Morgan Stanley, Lazard, Barclays, M. Klein
Generalist, Healthcare
Jerry Qin (JP Morgan Healthcare)
JP Morgan, Battery Ventures, Leerink Partners
Generalist, Healthcare
Aetant Prakash (Goldman Sachs FIG)
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Evercore, Lazard, BofA, RBC, Lincoln International, Bridgewater
Generalist, Consumer Retail, Energy, Infrastructure, FIG, Industrials
Sanil Saxena (KKR Real Estate)
KKR, Blackston, Goldman Sachs
Real Estate, Asset Management, Wealth Management, PE
Mike Dirksen (Dodge & Cox Quantitiatve and Equity Research)
Dodge & Cox, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Point72, Bridgewater, Parella Weinberg, Solomon, Blackstone, Capital One, Bank of America, KKR, Charlesbank, Silversmith, SIG, Citadel, Optiver, Jane Street, D.E. Shaw, Flow Traders
S&T, Quant, Asset Management, Wealth Management, PE, Generalist
Christopher Jun (Bank of America Generalist)
Bank of America
Generalist
Kelly Kim (Evercore TMT)
Evercore, Centerview, PJT, Morgan Stanley, Ducera
TMT, Healthcare, Generalist
Nickey Shah (Morgan Stanley Generalist)
Evercore, Centerview, Morgan Stanley, Blackstone, Sculptor, Insight Partners, RBC
Generalist, Real Estate, Activism / Defense, Leveraged Finance, Equity Capital Markets, VC, PE
Nicolas Chkotoua (Morgan Stanley Generalist)
Morgan Stanley
Generalist, VC
Ethan Kucera (Battery Ventures)
Battery Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Citi, Bank of America, Guggenheim, Goldman Sachs, Solomon Partners, CC Industries
VC, Real Estate
Sophie Yang (Goldman Sachs Generalist)
Goldman Sachs, Insight Partners, Houlihan Lokey
TMT, Generalist
Erik Ely (Alliance Bernstein Asset Management)
Alliance Bernstein
Quant, Asset Management
Garrett White (Chicago Trading Company Quant Trading)
Chicago Trading Company
Quant
Heath Winter (Deutsche Generalist)
Deutsche, Houlihan Lokey, Guggenheim, Ducera, FT Partners
FIG, Private Capital, Fintech, Generalist
Consulting Case Clusters
Sign up here to participate by March 27!
Case Interview Practice Clusters, known as “Case Clusters”, are groups of 4-5 students who will meet regularly as peers to practice case interviews together and improve their case interview skills.
pring is the perfect time to begin working with a group to practice and perfect your case interviewing skills for summer and fall interviews.
Career Advancement will kick off the cohorts on April 17, 2026 and June 17, 2026.
Open to second and third-year students.
Finance Technical Interview Clusters
Sign up here by November 13, 2026 to prepare for Summer 2028 recruiting!
Finance Technical Interview Clusters are groups of 4-5 students who will meet regularly as peers who will meet regularly to practice their finance technical interviews to improve their interviewing skills.
If you would like support preparing for Summer 2027 recruiting, we encourage you to make an appointment with a Finance Peer Adviser here.
