Results
Real students. Their words, with their permission.
Every card on this page is from a student or parent who agreed in writing to share it. First names only.
Where pilot students landed
- The Amazing Group
- Ditto
- Valemont Group
- Holter Holdings
Tricon is a Blackstone portfolio company. Employers shown are where pilot students interned or received offers. First Offer Academy is not affiliated with these companies.
12students coached in the pilot
100%landed an internship or offer12 of 12
12seats in the founding cohort
Pilot results. Hiring decisions belong to employers.
Pilot students

Tyler covers all bases so that I felt ready in my interviews and coffee chats.

He put me through multiple mock interviews with challenging questions and helped me understand what I needed to know going into each interview.

I started applying what he taught me and within a week I had set up 5 coffee chats and by the end of the recruitment cycle had landed offers at the companies I interviewed with.

Having someone I could bounce ideas off of made navigating finance recruiting easier and much less intimidating in the beginning.

He's tough; if something's off, he'll say so directly and push me to do better. But there's no question too small for him.

His mentorship has given me a much stronger understanding of the industry and made the recruiting process feel more structured and manageable.

What I appreciated most was that his advice was always specific to my goals and experience rather than just giving me generic recruiting advice.

As a first-generation student, breaking into the finance industry felt overwhelming… I went from feeling completely unprepared to securing my first offers with total confidence.

One of Tyler's biggest strengths is that he is able to meet you where you are.

Even during his own recruiting, working eight-hour days and grinding through mocks, he made time for me and the rest of the freshmen. He's one of the least transactional people I know.

Coming into college, I had no direction on my career path. After meeting Tyler, everything became clear.

He knows how to push people in a way that's gentle but still serious, and he's always made me want to work harder and do things I never would've had the confidence to do before.
In their words
How much I grew
James
My biggest growth
Nathaniel
My most recent internship
Pranav
“I landed 5 internships”
Ishank
Founding cohort
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