VP, M&A at Goldman Sachs
Jordan came to Forkaia® from Wharton with the pedigree everyone wants and no offer in hand. The summer recruiting cycle had ended. The bulge brackets had passed.
Wharton pedigree, no offer in hand. The bulge brackets had passed. So we gave him deals to work on.
Forkaia® routed Jordan into 5 live IB tasks across our portfolio's M&A activity — comp sets, three-statement models, sector teasers. His third deliverable was a 40-page CIM that ended up in front of an actual buyer.
Jordan ran 11 verified IB and M&A tasks in 5 months. He sat in on real diligence calls. He saw deals close. He saw deals die. That's the kind of exposure analysts get year 2, not summer of senior year.
Lazard's New York group came to us looking for an under-the-radar analyst. We sent them Jordan's full work portfolio. He skipped four rounds of standard interviews and went straight to a final-round superday.
Two years at Lazard. Then a competitive lateral to Goldman Sachs M&A. Promoted to VP last year — the fastest in his cohort.
Jordan skipped four interview rounds because his work spoke for itself.
Every stage of Jordan's Forkaia® journey was tracked — from first signup to placement to where they are today.
All bulge bracket banks had closed their analyst pipelines.
Routed to live IB workstream.
Reviewer score: 95.
Worked on 2 closed deals, 1 dead deal.
Skips standard rounds, goes straight to final.
2-year program.
Competitive lateral. Fastest VP promotion in cohort.
Currently working on a $4B carve-out.
Forkaia® doesn't just claim outcomes — we document them. Jordan's journey produced a complete paper trail of artifacts, each verifiable through our credentialing system.
Jordan's story is one of thousands. Forkaia® alumni are at Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman, SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI, and 600+ other companies.
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