Piper Sandler came from a 2020 merger between Piper Jaffray, a Minneapolis bank, and Sandler O'Neill, a New York bank best known for advising other banks. The result is a US middle-market bank with particular strength in healthcare and financial institutions (banks buying banks).
Mostly a US application
Nearly all its analyst hiring is in the US. If you're at a US college interested in healthcare or financial institutions, it should be on your list, and it's less crowded than the bulge brackets.
On the resume
- Pick a sector and show it. A biology or pre-med background is useful for a healthcare group; an economics or finance background with an interest in banks suits the financial institutions group.
- US format and timing: GPA if strong, one page, apply in sophomore year for junior summer.