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I joined CareerXL right before starting college at UT Austin. Coming in as an incoming freshman I had no clue how investment banking recruiting actually worked. I was skeptical about the price of the program and if breaking into high finance was realistic for me. The most useful part was how involved the coaches were. They helped rebuild my resume from scratch and tore apart my behavioral answers, tweaking my "Why Banking" and story over and over until they stopped sounding scripted. The weekly technical drills, the peer group mocks, and Slack helped me meet so many driven students recruiting for the exact same seats. They even referred me to early internships that built up my resume before recruiting kicked off. If I’m being honest, what I’d change was my networking effort. CareerXL ran networking mocks, but I did not put as much effort on my cold emails while my friends in the program were grinding out hundreds a week. Even with that gap, the prep carried me. I landed an offer at an Elite Boutique, secured a PE offer, and did Superdays at top Bulge Brackets. This program is an amplifier for people willing to work. It won’t hold your hand, and it won't land offers for you if you're passive. But if you put in the work truly, it pays for itself tenfold.

Hello, my name is Asher, and I’m a student at a T-25 university. I decided to join Career XL the summer going into my sophomore year. At the time, I had failed to get into some of the “top” finance clubs at Emory, and I felt that I needed additional resources and guidance to put myself in the best position for investment banking recruiting. Joining Career XL was not a decision I took lightly. I involved my parents and spoke with nearly every major investment banking prep program, including Wall Street Prep and Wall Street Oasis. Ultimately, I chose Career XL because of the high-touch, highly accessible nature of the program. It felt designed for students who were willing to make the most of every resource available and work harder than anyone else to achieve their goals. Looking back, it was one of the best investments I have ever made. I met with coaches almost daily. They helped me completely rework my “Why Investment Banking,” improve my behavioral answers and delivery, and, most importantly, understand the concepts behind technical questions rather than simply memorizing answers. If there were one area I would improve, it would be the professionalism of the coaching experience. At times, coaches were dressed more casually than I would have liked. That said, those issues were minor compared with the value I received from the program. Ultimately, I went from failing to get into my university’s finance clubs to landing an offer at a Bulge Bracket investment bank, thanks to Career X

I started at a non-target school, and joined the program mainly to make sure the scholarship money translated into a real outcome — I went in wondering whether the hype matched the substance and whether it was actually worth the cost. It turned out to be worth it: beyond helping me rebuild my resume, the program gave me access to a genuinely stacked alumni network at bulge brackets, elite boutiques, and hedge funds (including niche specialties like restructuring), with each class year placed in specific, credible seats rather than just names on a list. The unlimited mocks were the single best perk, and being surrounded by like-minded students from varied backgrounds who'd gone on to land Wall Street roles gave me real confidence that the path was achievable. The start was tough a lot of information up front and heavy group technical, markets, and behavioral sessions but it got better once they shifted toward more unlimited 1-on-1 mocks, which fit how I actually wanted to prepare. In the end, I landed interviews with BB TMT divisions and a public-markets role on a team with a strong markets specialist group, and it's worked out great

I joined as a freshman at semi-target university trying to navigate recruitment. One of the school clubs gate-keeps a lot of recruiting, and I was angsty that with my GPA my chances of getting into that club were low therefor affecting my chances of getting an internship offer. The program was valuable in that I had a benchmark for what the high achieving kids in my grade were doing. I had zero relevant internships at the time, but was able to pickup three by the time interviews started. The ability to schedule mock interviews whenever I wanted was a heaven-sent and kept me technically sharp compared to my peers. It felt like some of the coaches wanted it for me more than I wanted it for myself. I ended up landing a summer internship at an elite boutique. That said, the people in the program can't teach you how not to be a geek. The behavioral coaching can teach students how to answer questions well, but not be someone that's fun to grab a beer with. If you are a nerd and can't improve your social skills, there is no way you will be guaranteed an offer. If this is you, don't set your expectations too high.

Started with Nick at CareerXL in February of 2026 to get something off cycle. I went to brown uni studied economics and history and was trying to break into IB really late. They helped me with mock interviews and giving the necessary material to study from for specific groups I was interested in. The service was definitely worth the price. I would highly recommend Nick and CareerXL to anyone trying to break into IB in any circumstance. I ended up at UBS in their LevFin group after a couple months after working with them.

Very personalized experience and access help/coaching whenever desired

I was lucky enough to receive an EB offer, which was the best offer at my school in a long time. I was a basketball player all my life, and it was my passion. Frankly, I never thought I would be able to succeed in banking given the university I came from. I attempted to learn independently using online resources but had no success landing interviews. I discovered CareerXL through TikTok and was initially doubtful about its effectiveness. The placement statistics sounded unrealistic. 98% placement rate was a number I refused to believe. So I dug a little deeper hahaha. When Nick was screen sharing the Slack on our intro call, before I even paid a single dollar, I saw some people in the program who have placed into BB and EB. I reached out to Chris, and a few others and hopped on a call with them,  and it became clear that the approach to mentoring was very personalized. The price was very high, but considering that I'm graduating from a school where it would take years to earn such an internship, I promise it was the right choice With the help of CareerXL, I got my resume completely rebuilt using an ATS-friendly format that made it suitable for all of the big investment banks. I booked behavioral and technical sessions every day with mentors, which helped me stay sharp when interview season came around. Technical questions were pulled from past interview questions from BB and EB. You literally can't find these online. And behavioral mentors revamped my TMAY every few weeks as I gained more experience, which CareerXL helped me get in the first place. The only frustrating thing is that the coaches never seem to be available on Calendly, but they respond super quickly and set up a time ASAP if you DM them personally. In the end, I ended up securing interviews at Evercore, Aeris Partners, Rothschild, and other firms I had not even thought were possible. I’d highly recommend this program to any serious non-target student, although if you already go to Wharton or UT, and you are in the top clubs, you don’t really need this program.

Coming from a school that hadn't placed a single student into banking in several years, I knew this would be an uphill battle. In my freshman spring I knew I had the work ethic to get an IB offer, but had no clue where to start. At this point I had joined the SMIF on campus with no clue how to land that first IB experience. I learned about coaching programs similar to CXL and began doing my own diligence to see if they'd really be worthwhile. After chatting with those at CXL, alongside the other "major" programs, I found the coaches here would lean into my underdog story and provide me personalized advice given my background. While I was skeptical on the price tag at first, I applied my finance brain to the situation and the ROI is insane if you are willing to put the work in. After I had joined, the first course of action was landing IB internships, within a month or two of joining, I went from zero experience, to having both a PE and IB internship on my resume as well as incoming on the M&A team at public software firm for sophomore summer. As we approached the fall of sophomore year, I started mocking with coaches multiples times a week. These were kids just a year or two older than me and had landed the internships I could only dream of. I got grilled on the hardest interview questions from BB/EB banks, before ever stepping foot in a real first round. Once it came time to recruit, I was incredibly confident in my story, technical ability, and knowledge on the market. The coaches pushed me to nail those down early, which absolutely paid off. In January I was excited to interview, excited for the opportunity to show these firms all that I had learned from the resources and mentorship that CXL gave me. This allowed me to land 4 EB offers for my junior summer, and multiple more for Full-time. I 1000% got my value out of the program, but that may be given my background. Being a hard working kid with no pipeline or resources handed to me, I needed to expose myself to the students who did best last cycle that could push me to place just as well, if not better. This is exactly what I got and have already recouped the "tuition" and much more from the internships and signing bonuses the program aided me in landing.