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Elite recruitment changes. Each canonical release records what was added, what stayed frozen and what remained a gap, and every observation carries the date it was read from the official page.

Current release SIG-001..SIG-1427 · 2 November 2026 · feeds: RSS, JSON, release notes (JSON) · corrections

Canonical releases

What each release added

23 October 20262026-10-23-ai-rules-tracker-v2.1Current tracker
AI Rules Tracker v2.1: 67 selective employers checked, 37 official statements on AI in selection located, observed 23 October 2026. Of 31 employers with a rule on candidates' own AI use, 25 allow AI help on the written application and 18 forbid AI in interviews. Supersedes v2.0 (observed 2026-09-23); no employer reclassification between the two observations. 67 employers were checked; 47 now have a located statement on at least one field; candidate-use rules located: 31. Applicant privacy notices count for employer-side fields only and are reported separately. The 1387-signal corpus is unchanged. Tracker · data.
2 November 20262026-11-02-canonical-1387Current
Canonical research corpus runs through SIG-1427 and SRC-508; the 107-signal foundation remains frozen and 1280 later signals remain append-only. The release includes 1 verified longitudinal pair and 29/30 authoritative benchmark answers.
13 September 20262026-09-13-canonical-186Superseded
Canonical research corpus runs through SIG-186 and SRC-119. Added BCG and A&O Shearman evidence, expanded the defined AI-policy comparison to eight institutions, established a seven-institution human-review subset, published the Global Selection Atlas v1 and a 30-question governed answerability benchmark.
13 September 20262026-09-13-canonical-179Superseded
Canonical checkpoint through SIG-179 and SRC-114. Added HSBC candidate-facing generative-AI guidance and student/graduate selection architecture; expanded the AI-policy denominator to six institutions.
13 September 20262026-09-13-canonical-176Superseded
Canonical checkpoint through SIG-176 and SRC-112. Added Deloitte UK candidate-AI boundaries, final-stage modality and academic-screening evidence; expanded the defined AI-policy denominator from four to five institutions and the human-review subset from three to four.
12 September 20262026-09-12-canonical-171Superseded
Canonical checkpoint through SIG-171 and SRC-110. Added same-employer transactional-hub evidence for Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Freshfields and Clifford Chance and introduced a five-hub comparison layer.
12 September 20262026-09-12-canonical-132Superseded
Earlier same-day canonical checkpoint at 132 dated facts (signals). Retained for release history.
12 September 20262026-09-12-expansion-100Superseded
Completed dispositions for the original 74-row expansion corpus, expanded structured observations through WGI-CAND-100, and added AI comparison, explorer, longitudinal review, QC and MCP observation search.
12 September 20262026-09-12-indexingSuperseded
Public Who Gets In? routes opened to indexing and machine-readable research, dataset and citation surfaces exposed.

Latest observations

The most recent dated signals

The 15 most recently observed signals in the register, newest first. Each is one institution, programme, market and date; none is a trend claim.

SIG-1427 Official source Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank lists a 15 December 2026 to 16 January 2027 early recruitment application window for 2027 Summer Internships in Fixed Income and Currencies and Investment Banking and Capital Markets across New York, Chicago and San Francisco.

United States / New York; Chicago; San Francisco · 2027 Summer Internship Early Recruitment · US early recruitment window · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-508 (careers.db.com) · source record

SIG-1426 Official source Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank's general student application guide says most roles start online assessments with an eligibility screen, followed by tests that allow 96 hours for each set.

Global, role and region variable · Student and graduate online assessments · Online assessment completion window · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-508 (careers.db.com) · source record

SIG-1425 Official source Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank's India 2027 Investment Bank and Corporate Bank Graduate Programme lists Mumbai and Bangalore and partner-campus recruitment between October and December 2026, directing candidates to their campus placement cell.

India / Mumbai; Bangalore · 2027 Investment Bank / Corporate Bank Graduate Programme · India campus-only route · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-508 (careers.db.com) · source record

SIG-1424 Official source KPMG Singapore

KPMG Singapore's 2027 Organisation Transformation Graduate Associate vacancy lists a bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Psychology, Sociology, Communications, Economics, Engineering, Data Analytics, Social Sciences or a related discipline; leadership experience is described as an advantage.

Singapore · 2027 Consulting, Organisation Transformation Graduate Associate · Degree discipline and leadership signal · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-507 (careers.kpmg.com.sg) · source record

SIG-1423 Official source KPMG Singapore

KPMG Singapore's 2027 Consulting Economics and Regulation Graduate Associate vacancy is open to applicants expecting to graduate between January 2026 and September 2027.

Singapore · 2027 Consulting, Economics & Regulation Graduate Associate · Graduation window · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-506 (careers.kpmg.com.sg) · source record

SIG-1422 Official source PJT Partners

PJT Partners says its Summer Analyst and Summer Associate programmes are generalist programmes and do not have a separate placement process within a business.

Global · Summer Analyst and Summer Associate · Generalist programme placement · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-505 (pjtpartners.com) · source record

SIG-1421 Official source PJT Partners

PJT Partners says Suited is required for student applications and provides additional data alongside other recruiting inputs; PJT says Suited is not weighted more than other evaluation factors.

Global · Student recruitment / Suited assessment · AI-powered assessment decision weight · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-505 (pjtpartners.com) · source record

SIG-1420 Official source Moelis & Company

Moelis permits up to two applications but says candidates selected to interview for multiple roles must choose one position to continue the process.

Global / campus recruitment · Student and graduate applications · Multi-role interview restriction · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-504 (moelis.com) · source record

SIG-1419 Official source Moelis & Company

Moelis states applicants take the Suited assessment only once and may share results with any other firm requesting it.

United States; United Kingdom · Campus Programmes / Suited · Suited assessment portability · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-504 (moelis.com) · source record

SIG-1418 Official source Moelis & Company

Moelis says US and UK campus applicants must complete Suited, which measures over 50 traits and characteristics including attention to detail, critical reasoning and logical thinking; candidates should allow 30 uninterrupted minutes.

United States; United Kingdom · Campus Programmes / Suited · Suited assessment scope · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-504 (moelis.com) · source record

SIG-1417 Official source Moelis & Company

Moelis describes a ten-week Hong Kong undergraduate Summer Analyst internship and says applications typically open in May for the following year's programme.

Hong Kong · Hong Kong Summer Analyst Internship Programme · Hong Kong summer route · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-504 (moelis.com) · source record

SIG-1416 Official source Moelis & Company

Moelis describes a ten-week Mumbai undergraduate internship beginning between March and May.

India / Mumbai · Mumbai Internship Programme · India internship access · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-504 (moelis.com) · source record

SIG-1415 Official source Moelis & Company

Moelis lists six-month undergraduate internships in Dubai and Riyadh, with dates varying throughout the year.

United Arab Emirates / Dubai; Saudi Arabia / Riyadh · Middle East Internship Programmes · GCC internship access · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-504 (moelis.com) · source record

SIG-1414 Official source Lazard

For Lazard London's Intern programme, aptitude and behavioural assessments completed within the prior 12 months need not be retaken, but the video assessment must be completed again because questions differ.

United Kingdom / London · UK Intern programme online assessment · Assessment reuse and video refresh · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-503 (lazard.com) · source record

SIG-1413 Official source Lazard

Lazard's London Spring Insight final selection after online assessments is an approximately 30-minute online interview with a banker and HR representative.

United Kingdom / London · 2027 Spring Insight · Spring Insight final interview format · Observed 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02 · Source SRC-503 (lazard.com) · source record

This page: revised 2 November 2026. Corpus: 1387 dated facts (signals) from 494 official source records, last canonical update 2 November 2026. Release notes