Perella Weinberg Partners

The U.S. process is shorter: resume submission, a one-hour interview, then a final-round interview. The assessment day in Europe is the longest single commitment in the loop – a candidate running it alongside other boutique or bulge-bracket applications is blocking out a full day for tests and a case study, distinct from anything prepared for the U.S. final round.

Perella Weinberg's intern and graduate recruitment covers four tracks across its advisory offices:

• Global Summer Internship Program – opens with a one-week training program followed by an ongoing curriculum during the internship.
• Off-Cycle Internships (Europe) – placements on live deal teams alongside the firm's European offices.
• Global Analyst and Associate (full-time) – starts with a four-week intensive training program, across New York, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Munich, and Paris.
• Global Prep Programs – earlier-stage tracks giving students exposure to the firm before formal summer recruiting.

All four sit narrowly inside advisory – there is no markets, sales-and-trading, or research track on offer here. A candidate targeting PWP picks one program tied to one geography and one cohort, rather than mixing-and-matching across divisions the way a bulge-bracket recruiting calendar allows.

The firm's footprint includes Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH), its Houston-based energy specialist arm – a sector practice uncommon among generalist elite boutiques. Full-time analysts and associates begin with a global four-week intensive training program before joining deal teams that, per the firm, run lean enough that interns sit on live transactions from the outset. The trade-off is narrowness: a PWP candidate is choosing advisory depth over the optionality of a multi-business platform.