Applying to Moelis & Company for summer 2028? Check your resume against a Moelis-style screen below, then read when each US office opens, how the two-application limit works, what the Suited assessment asks and how fast first rounds follow.
Key facts
- When it opens: US Summer Analyst applications typically open in the December of your sophomore year. Houston goes first: for summer 2028 it was posted Oct 5, 2026, to close Dec 14, 2026. For summer 2027 the other US offices posted between mid-December 2025 and mid-January 2026 and closed Jan 12 to 19, 2026.1,3,4,16
- Portal: Every campus role is on the Moelis student application website on tal.net, where you create an account and submit your resume.1,2
- How many to apply to: You can submit up to two applications. The Summer Analyst posting asks you to apply to one location only, and if you are picked to interview for more than one role you choose one to continue.1,2,3
- Documents: A succinct one-page resume that highlights transactions, measurable achievements and experience. Moelis says cover letters are not required.1
- Online test: Applicants complete the Suited Assessment and share the score with Moelis; the posting says an application without it will not be considered. You take it once, can share it with other firms that use Suited, and should allow 30 minutes of uninterrupted time.1,2
- Who it is for: For summer 2028, undergraduates at a four-year college graduating between December 2028 and July 2029. No finance degree or experience is needed for campus programs; training is provided.2,1
- Next step: Selected candidates have one or two first-round interviews with investment bankers, technical and behavioral, then an onsite final round with senior bankers.1
The US Summer Analyst program is a 10-week generalist internship: you work across industries and deal types rather than in one group, after a one-week training program in financial modeling and valuation.1,2
Check your resume before you apply
Check your resume
Read against the Summer Analyst role at Moelis & Company, Investment Banking (Generalist), the way the first screen reads it.
- A score and a verdict
- An ATS check
- Your lines rewritten
What the Moelis & Company online application looks like
Watch for your office
Moelis posts its US Summer Analyst roles office by office, each with its own deadline. Houston goes first: Oct 5, 2026 to Dec 14, 2026 for summer 2028, and a Dec 14, 2025 deadline for summer 2027. For summer 2027 New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the group postings went up between mid-December 2025 and mid-January 2026 and closed Jan 12 to 19, 2026, so expect the summer 2028 versions around late December 2026.3,4,1,16,17
Pick your two
You can submit up to two applications, and each Summer Analyst posting takes one location only. If more than one leads to an interview, you choose one to continue, so pick the two you can explain best.1,2
Send the resume
Upload a one-page resume. Moelis asks for it to be succinct, clear and impactful, with relevant transactions and measurable achievements, and checked for spelling and consistent formatting. Moelis does not require a cover letter.1
Take the Suited assessment
The posting links the Suited registration, and Moelis will not consider an application until you have completed it and shared your score. Suited has a behavioral part of about 20 minutes, untimed, and a cognitive part timed at 15 minutes in total across attention to detail, critical thinking and logical reasoning. You take it once and it carries to other firms that use Suited.2,1,5,6,7
Straight after you apply
Selected candidates get one or two first-round interviews with bankers. In the summer 2027 cycle Houston interviewed and made offers first, and New York first rounds ran through January 2026, with superday invites going out within about a week.1,8
What the form asks
- Account Required
- Created on the student application website before you apply.
- Resume Required
- One page, succinct, with relevant transactions and measurable achievements.
- Location Required
- One location per Summer Analyst posting, and up to two applications in all.
- Suited assessment Required
- Registered from the posting link and shared with Moelis. Allow 30 minutes without breaks.
- Cover letter Not required
- Moelis says cover letters are not required.
- Transcript, written questions Check the form
- The posting names neither. Have a transcript ready in case the form asks.
The resume, location, Suited and cover letter rows come from the firm's FAQ and the 2028 posting; the last row is our best reading. Check each field when you open the form.1,2
Moelis resume checklist
- One page, saved as a PDF, checked for spelling and consistent formatting.
- Education first while you are a student: school, degree written out, graduation month and year.
- Cumulative GPA as 3.64/4.00; add a major GPA if it is higher.
- Experience newest first, two or three bullets each, every bullet starting with a verb.
- Relevant transactions and projects named, with a company size or deal size.
- A number in every bullet where you have one: the measurable achievement Moelis asks for.
- Deal and modeling words only for work you can explain in a technical first round.
- Leadership roles over memberships: what you ran, led or built.
- Skills and interests last, with interests you could talk about for a minute.
What to put on it
Moelis reads a one-page resume and asks you to put relevant transactions and measurable achievements up front. While you are a student, Education goes 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.1,13,14
- Education: School, degree, graduation month and year, and GPA. First on the page while you are a student.
- Experience: Internships and jobs, newest first, with two or three bullets that name the work and its result in numbers.
- Transactions and projects: Any deal, valuation or modeling work you did, with the company size and what you built.
- Leadership and activities: Roles where you owned something, not only memberships.
- Skills and interests: Software, languages and a few real interests, last on the page.
Example questions and how to answer them
Transaction bullet"Rewrite this bullet: "Helped on a case competition about a merger.""1,10
- 1Start with a verb for what you did yourself: built, valued, modeled, presented.
- 2Name the deal type and the work: accretion and dilution, a DCF, trading comps.
- 3Give scale in numbers: the companies, the team, the deal size.
- 4End with the result: the ranking, the recommendation, the decision.
Tip: Moelis asks you to highlight relevant transactions and measurable achievements. A 2025 Moelis first round asked five technicals in 30 minutes, so list only work you can defend line by line.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
Built an accretion and dilution model and a 5-year DCF for a $4B industrial acquisition as one of 4 students in a regional case competition; our recommendation to pay in stock placed 2nd of 18 teams.
Education line"Rewrite this education line: "UT Austin, Finance, 3.6, 2029""2,3,13,14
- 1University and location on the first line.
- 2Degree written out, with the expected graduation month and year.
- 3GPA to two decimals with the scale.
- 4An optional line for relevant coursework or honors.
Tip: Summer 2028 analysts graduate between December 2028 and July 2029, so most will show a 2029 date. Moelis publishes no GPA floor; give the cumulative figure, and add a major GPA if it is higher.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, Austin, TX Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, expected May 2029. GPA: 3.64/4.00 Relevant coursework: Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Valuation
Leadership and activities"Rewrite this activity: "Member, Investment Club.""13
- 1Lead with a role and the size of what you ran, even if small.
- 2Say what you did, not what the club did.
- 3Give one number for scale.
- 4Show a result or a decision your work led to.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
Industrials sector lead, Investment Club (80 members): ran a team of 4 covering 12 companies, pitched 3 long ideas to the club's $50K fund, and 2 were added to the portfolio.
From resume to first round"Walk me through your resume."9
- 1Open with where you are now: school, major and year.
- 2Take two or three entries in order, one sentence each.
- 3Link each step to the next so the story builds toward banking.
- 4Close on why a generalist program at Moelis is the next step.
Tip: A New York generalist process in January 2026 brought behavioral questions and resume grills, and a superday that was 90% behavioral. Know every line well enough to talk about it without looking.
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How long to hear back after the online application
Moelis picks first-round interviews from the applications, and the process moves fast once a posting is live. Houston runs ahead of the other offices; New York first rounds and superdays fall in January.1,8,3
Dec 2025 (summer 2027)
Houston
The SA 2027 thread opened as Houston applications went up early, and word of Houston offers followed within weeks, before New York first rounds.8
Jan 2026 (summer 2027)
New York, Generalist
First rounds ran through the month; generalist interviews were still going on Friday, Jan 23, and superday invites came out about a week after first rounds.8
Jan 2026 (summer 2027)
New York, Generalist
Suited assessment, an in-person dinner, a first round with an executive director, then a superday of three interviews with MDs and partners, all in under a month.9
Feb 2026 (summer 2027)
New York, Generalist
A first round after heavy networking, then a three-round superday; the process took one to two months.11
Mar 2025 (summer 2026)
New York, Generalist
A virtual one-on-one first round with an associate, five technicals in 30 minutes; the process took under a month.10
Sep 2026 (summer 2028)
US
A rumor that Moelis had asked analysts to refer top students drew a reply from an incoming analyst at one of the elite boutiques named that interviews were still on the normal January cycle.12
Sophomores also have the Leadership Development Program, which includes an opportunity to interview for the US Summer Analyst program. Its October 2025 interview ran 11 minutes of behavioral questions and 17 of technicals.1,15
Best guessOutside Houston, expect first-round invites in January 2027, a few weeks after the late-December postings. Have your technicals ready before you submit, because a first round can come within days.
What happens after the online application
Online applicationYou are here
This page. A one-page resume on the student application website, one location per posting and up to two applications.1,2
Suited assessment
Required before Moelis will consider your application: a behavioral part and a timed cognitive part, about 30 minutes, taken once and shared.1,2,5
First round (one or two)
One or two interviews with investment bankers, technical and behavioral, often a 30-minute call with a junior banker.1,10,3
Superday
An onsite final round with several senior bankers; in New York in 2026, three interviews with MDs and partners.1,9,11
Houston vs the other US offices
Moelis runs one generalist program but posts it office by office. Houston opens months before the rest, so plan around the office you want.
FAQ
When do Moelis 2028 summer analyst applications open?
Moelis says US Summer Analyst applications typically open in the December of your sophomore year. Houston goes first: it was posted Oct 5, 2026 for summer 2028, to close Dec 14, 2026. For summer 2027 the other US offices posted between mid-December 2025 and mid-January 2026 and closed Jan 12 to 19, 2026, so expect them around late December 2026.1,3,4,16
How many Moelis applications can I submit?
Up to two. Each Summer Analyst posting takes one location only, and if you are selected to interview for more than one role you pick one to continue.1,2
Does Moelis require a cover letter?
No. Moelis says cover letters are not required. Put the effort into a one-page resume with your transactions and measurable achievements.1
Do I have to take the Suited assessment for Moelis?
Yes. Moelis requires applicants to complete it, and the posting says an application will not be considered without a completed, shared Suited score. Allow 30 minutes; you take it once and can share it with other firms that use Suited.1,2
What GPA does Moelis want?
Moelis publishes no minimum GPA; it asks for a strong analytical and quantitative mindset from any major. Show your cumulative GPA to two decimals, add a major GPA if it is higher, and let your transactions and results carry the page.1,3,13
Online application at other firms
Sources
Firm pages first, then dated candidate reports. Last checked Nov 4, 2026.
- 1Moelis & Company: Explore Opportunities (Students & Graduates, FAQ)
- 2Moelis & Company (student application website): 2028 Summer Analyst, Investment Banking - Houston
- 3Extern: Moelis Internship 2027-2028: Programs, Deadlines & How to Apply · prep site
- 4Extern: Investment Banking Internships 2028: When Each Bank Opens · prep site
- 5Suited: Resource Guide for Investment Banking Candidates · prep site
- 6Suited: How to prepare for and respond to the Cognitive Skills Assessment · prep site
- 7Suited: How to prepare for and respond to the behavioral assessment · prep site
- 8Candidate discussion on a public forum: Moelis SA 2027 (from Dec 2025)
- 9Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Analyst interview, Generalist, New York (Jan 2026)
- 10Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Analyst interview, Generalist, New York (Mar 2025)
- 11Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Analyst interview, Generalist, New York (Feb 2026)
- 12Candidate discussion on a public forum: High SA 2028 rumor mill (Sep 2026)
- 13Mergers & Inquisitions: Investment Banking Resume Template: Proven Formula · prep site
- 14Georgetown University Cawley Career Education Center: Resume Content & Formatting · prep site
- 15Candidate report on a public forum: LDP interview, New York (Oct 2025)
- 16Moelis & Company (student application website): Student Opportunities (application deadlines)
- 17Moelis & Company (student application website, Wayback Machine copy): Student Opportunities (application deadlines, archived Dec 12, 2025)
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