MBA Investment Banking Recruiting:
How to Get Ahead Early 

Most MBA candidates assume investment banking recruiting begins once they arrive on campus. In reality, the process starts much earlier. 

The strongest candidates begin preparing months before classes start—and those who wait until orientation often find themselves behind in one of the most demanding and competitive recruiting processes in the MBA experience.

Join mbaMission and R21 Performance Founder & CEO Rohan Shukla for an insider conversation on how incoming MBA students can prepare strategically for investment banking recruiting before business school even begins.

Drawing on experience across Morgan Stanley, TPG Growth, Main Street Capital, and Wall Street Prep, Rohan now works with incoming investment banking and private equity hires to help them build the technical, professional, and personal foundation needed to succeed in high finance.

In this session, we will discuss:

• What incoming MBA students should be doing now to prepare for banking recruiting
• How recruiting timelines actually work at top MBA programs
• The technical and behavioral skills candidates often underestimate
• Common mistakes applicants and incoming students make before recruiting begins
• What separates candidates who secure top internship offers from those who struggle to gain traction
• How to prepare effectively before arriving on campus

Whether you are:

• an incoming MBA student planning to recruit for investment banking,
• a current applicant exploring post-MBA career paths, or
• an mbaMission client looking to get ahead before school starts,

this session will provide practical, candid guidance on how to approach the recruiting process strategically and proactively.

The event will include moderated discussion, practical insights, and live audience Q&A.

Event Details: 

• Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026
• Time: 7:00 p.m. ET 
• Location: Online – virtual classroom link will be provided after registration

About Your Host: 

Rohan Shukla is the Founder & CEO of R21 Performance, a professional development platform that helps junior investment banking and private equity professionals maximize their potential both professionally and personally. R21 combines technical finance training, health and wellness protocols, and social skill development to prepare new hires for the demands of careers in high finance.

Prior to founding R21, Rohan served as the Lead Private Equity Instructor at Wall Street Prep, the industry leader in financial training, where he led programs for organizations including Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Blackstone, Ares, and TPG.

Rohan brings five years of experience across investment banking and private equity. Most recently, he worked on the Lower Middle Market Investing Team at Main Street Capital in Houston, focusing on growth financings, buyouts, and recapitalizations of founder-led businesses. Previously, he was an associate at TPG Growth in San Francisco within the Software & Enterprise Technology Group, focused on growth-stage SaaS investments. Earlier in his career, he worked as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York within the Technology Coverage Group, advising on M&A and IPO transactions for software and internet companies.

Rohan holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Haverford College and will matriculate this fall at Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

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