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How to Answer “Why Blackstone?” Interview Question (2026 Guide)

The “Why Blackstone?” interview question is guaranteed to come up.

It appears on HireVue screens, in first-round interviews, and during Superdays. Interviewers have heard hundreds of answers to it, most of them forgettable. Here’s how to give one that isn’t.

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Building Knowledge, One Line of Code at a Time

Helen Zheng, WH ’27, Gulf Breeze, FL

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at Fidelity Investments, under their SAI Funds department as a Data Strategy analyst where I expected to apply a plethora of my financial and …

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AI + Finance – Industry Trends to Follow

Are you interested in finance and aware of the impacts of AI across the industry? For a quick review – to help you understand trends, future opportunities, or just how to “AI-proof” your career, this article from McKinsey & Company’s …

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A Summer in Equity Capital Markets

Claire Moraña, COL ’27, Bicol, Philippines

This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to intern with the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team at the investment banking arm of one of the Philippines’ largest banks. Over the course of the internship, …

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Winding Paths: Helping Penn Master’s Students Map Their Course

Hi everyone! I’m Talley Snow, one of the newest Graduate Assistants in Career Services working on the team serving graduate students. I’m a second-year MBA in Wharton’s Healthcare Management Program and a first-year MPA at Harvard Kennedy School. On paper …

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Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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