Everything on the thread.
The six things a recruiting cycle asks of you, in the order it asks for them. One app, from first application to signed offer.
Your path
A route, not a reading list.
Tell Ariadne your track, school and timeline and it sets milestones dated to your cycle's application windows. Each week brings five to-dos across practice, networking, applications and firm knowledge. Whatever you miss rolls into next week.
Practice
Practice that remembers.
Technical questions by track and firm, ten at a time, and a review queue that brings back what you missed until it sticks. Behavioural answers you type or record, up to three minutes, kept in your story bank. Mental math as a daily set and an adaptive drill. Practice works offline and syncs when you are back.
Firms
Firms, decoded.
Track the firms you are applying to. Each one gets news from press wires and its own newsroom, deal briefings to read before the call, key dates where we have them, and your notes.
People
People, remembered.
Log every coffee chat, call and email against the person and the firm. Ariadne works out when to follow up and reminds you. Outreach templates fill in your name, school and year, ready to edit and send.
Calendar
No deadline slips.
Application windows for the firms you track, the events you add and your interviews, in one calendar that syncs to your phone's. Reminders come before every deadline and in the days before an interview.
Readiness
Know how ready you are.
A score out of 100 across six skills, built from what you do: answers, coffee chats, applications. It names your weakest skill, so you know where this week goes.
Built for six tracks.
Pick a main track and add a second if you are keeping options open. Questions, firms and milestones follow your choice, and you can change it later.
- Investment Banking
- M&A, ECM, DCM and leveraged finance advisory.
- Sales & Trading
- Market-making and risk-taking across asset classes.
- Private Equity
- Buyouts and growth investing.
- Asset Management
- Long-only investing at scale.
- Hedge Funds
- Multi-strategy, L/S equity, macro and credit.
- Quant Trading
- Systematic and discretionary quantitative trading.
On your home screen.
Four widgets: your streak, today's to-dos, what's up next and your readiness. Tick a to-do or snooze a follow-up without opening the app.
Widget designs shown with sample data
After the interview.
Report how it went
An hour after the interview Ariadne asks how it went. Note the round, how hard it felt and the questions you got. Share it anonymously, if you like, and the questions join the bank after review.
The Wall of Fame
Got the offer? Add yourself to the Wall of Fame: school, role and firm, shown to other Ariadne users once it is approved.
The firms we cover.
114 firms across banking, private equity, hedge funds, asset management and quant trading.
Ariadne is not affiliated with the firms named.
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