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Ep. 48 - The Recruiting Mindset That Earned Her a Junior Year Banking Offer
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- The Coffee Chat by Adventis
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- May 11, 2026
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- 2585
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Summary
In this episode of The Coffee Chat, Ben sits down with Hadley Siena, a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who just accepted a junior year investment banking internship at BMO in Chicago. Hadley shares how an international upbringing, including a formative experience in the Philippines through CISV, sparked her interest in business and ultimately led her to investment banking. We dig into her preparation timeline, from the Prime M&A Case Competition freshman year to grinding the 400 questions guide and earning her Adventis certification. Hadley also walks through her networking strategy, the value of in-person coffee chats, how she used AI tools like ChatGPT for mock interview practice, and what she learned from recruiting in both New York and Chicago.