The Guggenheim Securities 2028 summer analyst process runs in five stages, from the online application to the superday. This page covers each stage, when it opens, who can apply, what it pays and what the superday looks like, with every fact linked to its source.
The Guggenheim Securities process, stage by stage
Online application
Resume on Workday, one posting per group and office, ranked if you apply to several.1,4
Application guideGuggenheim Securities 2028 application guideWritten assessment (Chicago, some groups)
An emailed exercise of about 45 minutes: write an email to a fictional client. In Chicago it has led straight to a superday.4,5,6,7
Phone screen or first round
A 10- to 30-minute phone screen with a recruiter or banker, or a 30-minute Zoom first round: tell me about yourself, a recent deal, why the group and the office, and basic accounting.4,6,8,9
Interview guideGuggenheim Securities 2028 phone screen and first-round guideSecond round (some groups)
Restructuring and some other groups have run a second and even a third round before the superday; Atlanta ran a phone call and then a two-on-one Zoom.6
Superday
Three to five back-to-back 30-minute one-on-ones, mostly behavioral; Chicago adds a deal presentation and a reception the night before.4,7
Superday guideGuggenheim Securities 2028 superday guide
Key facts
- When it opens: For summer 2027, the group postings went up in early January 2026, with rolling review from as early as Jan 11, so expect summer 2028 postings in the first days of January 2027.2,4,10
- Who it is for: The summer 2027 postings asked for a bachelor's, master's or equivalent degree in December 2027 or spring 2028, so expect December 2028 or spring 2029 for summer 2028, the same window as this year's Sophomore FOCUS.2,3,10
- Pay: The summer 2027 postings gave a salary at an annual rate of $110,000. The program runs 10 weeks.2,4,10
- Superday: Three to five back-to-back 30-minute interviews, each one-on-one. A New York Generalist superday ran three rounds (May 2024, summer 2025); a Chicago superday ran five (Jan 2025).4,7,11
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Sources
Firm pages first, then the other sources the stage guides cite. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
- 1Guggenheim Securities: Careers
- 2Handshake: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and as early as 1/11: 2027 Guggenheim Securities IB Summer Analyst, New York: CSA
- 3Guggenheim Partners (Workday): Guggenheim Securities Investment Banking Sophomore FOCUS Program
- 4Aced: Guggenheim Securities Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview Guide · prep site
- 5Candidate discussion on a public forum: Guggenheim Chicago 45 Minute Writing Assessment SA25
- 6Candidate discussion on a public forum: Guggenheim SA 2026 (from Jan 2025)
- 7Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Analyst interview, Investment Banking, Chicago (Jan 2025)
- 8Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Analyst interview, Investment Banking, Chicago (Jan 2026)
- 9Candidate report on a public forum: Investment Banking Summer Analyst interview, Healthcare, Glen Allen (Jan 2026)
- 10Jobright: 2027 Guggenheim Securities Investment Banking Summer Analyst, Chicago Industrials (posting copy) · prep site
- 11Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Analyst interview, Generalist, New York (May 2024)
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