Nailing IB Networking: Cold Emails That Get Replies

Hosted by Max Adams

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

12:00 AM UTC (1 hour)

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What you'll learn

Write a cold email a banker will answer

The subject line, the ask, and the length that separate a reply from silence, with before-and-after examples.

Stand out in an AI-generated inbox

What analysts see 40 times a day, and the details that make your note read like a person wrote it.

Turn one 15-minute call into an interview

How to run the call, what to ask, and the follow-up cadence that gets you pushed to HR.

Why this topic matters

Networking decides who gets banking interviews, and it is the part most candidates do badly. A response rate in the single digits is not a numbers problem, it is a message problem. Fix the email, the ask, and the follow-up, and cold outreach turns into the referrals that put your resume on a banker's desk instead of in a portal.

You'll learn from

Max Adams

Head Coach at Wall Street Mastermind | Ex-Lazard, Qatalyst & Vector Capital

I’m Head Coach at Wall Street Mastermind, where I help students turn ambitious finance goals into focused recruiting plans. My background spans investment banking and investing experience at Lazard, Qatalyst Partners, and Vector Capital, plus study at Stanford and Harvard. I teach practical networking, interview preparation, technical fundamentals, and role-specific strategy across investment banking, private equity, credit, research, and adjacent finance careers.

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