KKR 2028 Summer Analyst Application: Dates, Form & Resume

Applying to KKR for summer 2028? Check your resume against an investing-style screen below, then read when each business opens, what the form asks for, and the test and HireVue that follow.

A student in a linen shirt filling in an application on a laptop at a table on a campus rooftop terrace at golden hour, a printed resume on a clipboard beside the laptop. — KKR's form asks for your GPA, SAT and ACT scores alongside the resume, so have them ready before you start.

Key facts

When it opens: The investing seats have opened on or around Jan 2: Jan 2, 2024 for summer 2025, Jan 2, 2025 for summer 2026, and early January 2026 for summer 2027.^6,7,18,8
How long it stays open: The summer 2027 window ran from early January to about Feb 21, 2026, and applications are reviewed as they arrive.^17,8
Portal: Each business posts its own role on KKR's Greenhouse board, which sits on its student careers site. You can apply to several: applicants to Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Credit got test and HireVue links from all three.^1,2,8
Documents: A PDF resume named LastName,FirstName.pdf, your GPA and its scale, graduation date, SAT and ACT scores (both required fields) and a short answer on what you do outside the classroom. The 2027 Insurance form had no cover letter field, so expect none.³
GPA: The posting asks for an outstanding academic record but sets no floor. Most of one summer class had a GPA of 3.6 or more.^3,6
Who it is for: Apply in the second semester of sophomore year, for the summer after junior year. The summer 2027 posting asked for graduation between December 2027 and June 2028.^6,3
Next step: The Predictive Index (PI) cognitive test, 12 minutes timed, and a HireVue video interview, then live interviews with the team.^{14,21,22,11,8}

KKR programs on the tracker

Live from the Intervyo tracker, so the dates update as KKR posts them.

2028 Summer Analyst Program: Dates not announced yet
2028 Full-Time Analyst Program: Dates not announced yet
KKR Scholars Program: Dates not announced yet

Get an email the day KKR opens

KKR's campus form lists these business areas: Americas Private Equity, Tech Growth Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Credit, Capital Markets, Global Client Solutions, Global Impact, Capstone, Global Macro Balance Sheet & Risk, Insurance Strategy & Strategic Finance, Business Operations, and Technology, Engineering and Data. Not all recruit summers every year: for summer 2027, the investing seats were Infrastructure, Real Estate and Credit, and Private Equity did not run a summer intake.^4,8

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What the KKR online application looks like

Check which businesses are recruiting
Each business recruits for itself. For summer 2027, the investing seats were Infrastructure, Real Estate and Credit, with Private Equity sitting the year out. Global Macro also ran a first round, and Global Client Solutions sent HireVues. Insurance roles, run with Global Atlantic, post later: a 2027 Insurance sales role went up in Wayne, PA on Sep 21, 2026, and an Insurance Risk role sent HireVues on Oct 5, 2026.^8,2,3,9
Apply in the first days of January
KKR opened its 2025 summer analyst class on Jan 2, 2024, and applicants for summer 2026 applied on Jan 2, 2025, the day the roles came out. The summer 2027 window opened in early January 2026 and closed around Feb 21, 2026. Applications are reviewed as they arrive, so have your resume and scores ready before the turn of the year.^6,7,18,17
Fill in the form
Beyond the resume, the form asks for your graduation date, cumulative GPA and scale, SAT and ACT scores, work authorization and sponsorship, any past relationship or interview with KKR, family or other connections to the firm, how you heard about the role and, optionally, who referred you, and a required short answer on what you do outside the classroom. A referral means someone at the firm you knew before recruiting began. You also confirm that your application and interview answers were not written or edited with AI tools.³
Straight after you submit
Next come the Predictive Index (PI) cognitive test, 12 minutes of timed questions, and a HireVue video interview. In January 2026 (summer 2027), test and HireVue links went out to Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Credit applicants in the weeks after the posting, some by mass email. The HireVue is short: two questions with 1 minute to prepare and 3 minutes to answer, and no retakes, in a March 2026 KKR Scholars sitting.^{14,21,22,8,11,10}
Apply to more than one business
Treat it as open: applicants to Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Credit got links from all three in January 2026 (summer 2027). In the summer 2023 cycle, applicants who took the test were sent a sheet to rank their groups a couple of days later.^8,14

What the form asks

Resume Required: A PDF named LastName,FirstName.pdf.
GPA, scale and graduation date Required: Cumulative GPA and the scale it is on, plus your graduation date.
SAT and ACT scores Required: Both are required fields on the summer analyst form.
Outside the classroom Required: A short answer on student clubs, research, work study, community service and the like.
Connections and referral Required: Any past work or interview with KKR, family at KKR or Global Atlantic, other connections and how you heard. The referrer's name is optional.
Work authorization Required: Whether you can work in the US and whether you need sponsorship now or later.
AI attestation Required: You confirm your application and interview answers were not generated or edited with AI tools.
Cover letter No field: None on the 2027 Insurance summer analyst form. The general campus talent community form has an optional one.

Read from the form on KKR's 2027 Insurance sales posting in Wayne, PA, which went up on Sep 21, 2026. Investing-seat forms may differ a little, so check each field when the 2028 postings open.^3,4

KKR resume checklist

One page, saved as a PDF and named LastName,FirstName.pdf, as the form requires.
Education first while you are a student: school, degree written out, graduation month and year.
GPA as 3.86/4.00, matching what you enter on the form.
SAT or ACT on the resume only if it is strong; the form asks for both anyway.
Experience newest first, two or three bullets each, every bullet starting with a verb.
Investing work framed as a decision: what you analyzed, what you recommended, what happened.
Leadership roles over memberships, matching your answer to the outside-the-classroom question.
Skills and interests last, with interests you could talk about for a minute.
Every line written by you: the form asks you to confirm AI tools were not used.

What to put on it

The resume carries the first screen, with your GPA and test scores on the form beside it. While you are a student, put Education first, then experience, then leadership and activities, then skills and interests. The examples below are Intervyo rewrites of common resume lines, not questions from the form, except where the form question is named.^3,19,20

Education: School, degree, graduation month and year, GPA, and test scores if they are strong.
Experience: Internships and jobs, newest first, with two or three bullets that say what you did and what came of it.
Leadership and activities: Clubs, teams and roles where you owned something. The form asks about these separately too.
Skills and interests: Languages, software and a few real interests, last on the page.

Example questions and how to answer them

Experience bullet"Rewrite this bullet: "Analyzed companies for my school's investment fund.""¹⁹

1Start with a verb for what you did yourself: built, pitched, underwrote, led.
2Name the work: an LBO, a DCF, a credit memo, an industry screen.
3Add scale in numbers: the fund, the company or the deal.
4End with the decision your work led to: bought, passed, sized.

Tip: KKR interviewers ask about anything that sounds like investing, so frame it as a decision and be ready to defend it.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Built a 3-statement model and simple LBO for a $600M specialty chemicals company; pitched a buy at 9x EBITDA to the $40K student fund's investment committee, which approved a 5% position.

Education line"Rewrite this education line: "Indiana, Finance, 3.86, SAT 1530""^3,19,20

1University and school on the first line, with the location.
2Degree written out, with the expected graduation month and year.
3GPA to two decimals with the scale.
4Test scores only if they are strong. The form asks for them anyway.

Tip: Summer 2028 analysts are juniors that summer, so most will show a graduation date between December 2028 and June 2029.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, IN Bachelor of Science in Business, Finance and Accounting, expected May 2029. GPA: 3.86/4.00. SAT: 1530

Form question"The form asks: "Please share what you are actively involved in outside of the classroom." Rewrite this answer: "Finance club, intramural soccer, volunteering.""³

1Lead with the one or two things you spend the most time on.
2For each, give your role, what you did and one number.
3Show range: something investing-related and something that is not.
4Keep it short: three or four lines, no padding.

Tip: This is a required field on KKR's form, so treat it as a short extra resume section rather than a list of names.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Portfolio manager for the industrials sector of our student investment fund (12 analysts, $40K): I run weekly pitches and led two positions this year. Captain of my intramural soccer team for two seasons. I also tutor high school students in algebra four hours a week through a local nonprofit.

From resume to HireVue"Tell me about yourself, or walk me through your resume."^10,15

1Open with where you are now: school, major and year.
2Take 2 or 3 entries from your resume in order, one sentence each.
3Link each step to the next, so the story builds toward investing.
4Close on why this business at KKR is the next step.

Tip: This opens KKR's HireVue in most accounts, from KKR Scholars to Credit. Order your resume so the entries you want to talk about come first.

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How long to hear back after the online application

KKR reviews applications as they arrive, and the test and HireVue links can follow within days of applying. Each business moves on its own timetable, so you may hear from one group before another.^17,8

Jan 2024 (summer 2025)
All investing seats
Applications for the 2025 summer analyst class opened on Jan 2, 2024.⁶
Jan 2024 (summer 2025)
Private Equity, New York
One applicant heard back for a first-round Zoom two weeks after an IQ-style skills test.¹²
Jan 2025 (summer 2026)
Investor Relations, New York
Applied on Jan 2, the day the roles came out; three rounds through February, ending in a superday of two 1-on-1s, and an accepted offer.⁷
Jan 2025 (summer 2026)
Generalist, New York
First round after a HireVue and an IQ test.¹¹
Jan 2026 (summer 2027)
Real Estate, Infrastructure, Credit
The applicant thread opened on Jan 4, and test and HireVue links for each group went out over the following weeks. One applicant who applied on Jan 8 got an Infrastructure HireVue later, in a mass email.⁸
Jan 2026 (summer 2027)
Private Credit, New York
An interview request less than a week after applying online.¹⁵
Oct 2026 (summer 2027)
Insurance Risk, Sector Analytics
HireVue received on Oct 5, 2026, in the fall Insurance wave.⁹

Insurance roles run on a fall calendar, months after the January investing wave.^3,9

Best guessFor the January investing seats, expect test and HireVue links within about a week of applying. If two weeks pass with nothing while others in your group have theirs, send one short, polite email to the recruiting contact on your invite or confirmation.

What happens after the online application

Online applicationYou are here
This page. A resume plus GPA, SAT and ACT scores on KKR's Greenhouse form, one posting per business.³
Online assessment
The Predictive Index (PI) Cognitive Assessment, sent soon after you apply: up to 50 questions in 12 minutes. KKR calls it one data point in your overall profile. A former intern, in Fortune in 2024, remembers the online test lasting nearly an hour, so block out an hour. Summer 2027 applicants posted self-estimated scores out of 50.^{14,13,21,22,6,8}
HireVue video interview
A short recorded interview: tell me about yourself, why KKR and a time you faced difficulty, with technical questions in some groups.^10,15
First-round interviews
A live interview with a member of the team, usually on Zoom: mostly behavioral, with basic accounting.^11,12,6
Second round (some groups)
Another Zoom round with the team, more technical: paper LBOs in Private Equity in January 2024 (summer 2025). Infrastructure and Asset-Based Finance ran second rounds for summer 2027.^12,8
Superday
Meetings with more senior members of the team, up to the managing director or partner. Candidates meet six to eight executives across the process; one San Francisco superday ran five interviews, one of them a case study.^6,7,5

Investing seats vs Insurance roles

KKR's investing businesses and its Insurance roles recruit months apart. Plan around the one you want.

Opened for summer 2027

Investing seats (PE, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Credit)

Early January 2026, for about seven weeks.^18,8,17