Gordon Dyal & Co. Internship 2027–2028: Programs & How to Get In

Quick Facts

Last updated: October 2026

Gordon Dyal & Co. takes a very small summer analyst class, and there's no way to apply to it online. The firm's website is a single page with no careers section, and we found no job posting anywhere when we checked on October 12, 2026. One candidate who reached a phone screen wrote on Wall Street Oasis in February 2024 that the firm goes "school-wise depending on where their AN1/AN2 class went." That means it recruits at the schools its current first- and second-year analysts attended. In plain words: there's nothing to apply to. If the firm recruits at your school, you'll hear through a finance club or an alum.

The timing rests on that same single account. Outreach for the summer 2025 class went out in mid-January 2024, about 17 months before the internship. If that repeats, contact for summer 2028 would come around January 2027, when the candidates are sophomores. Summer 2027 seats appear to be filled already.

What Is a Gordon Dyal & Co. Internship?

A Gordon Dyal & Co. internship is a summer analyst seat at Gordon Dyal & Co. Advisory Group LP, an independent mergers and acquisitions advisory firm in New York. The firm's site says it advises on "mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and sales, portfolio restructuring, joint ventures, spin-offs/split-offs, defense against hostile/unsolicited raids, activist shareholder situations and Board of Director special committee assignments." According to Vault's profile, Gordon Dyal founded it in 2016 after 16 years at Goldman Sachs. Vault ranks the firm #27 on its Most Prestigious Banking Firms list for 2026, under the name Gordon Dyal & Co. Advisory Group LP. The evidence that it takes summer analysts is thin but real: a dated candidate account of the summer 2025 recruiting round, and a public org-chart directory that lists someone as an incoming 2027 summer analyst. The firm publishes no dates, pay, class size or return-offer rate. It isn't related to Dyal Capital, the Blue Owl business that invests in asset managers.

When Do Gordon Dyal & Co. Internship Applications Open for 2027–2028?

They don't open in any public sense. Gordon Dyal & Co. has never published a recruiting calendar or a posting. The only dated evidence is one candidate's reply in a Wall Street Oasis thread opened on February 4, 2024 (community-reported): recruiting for the summer 2025 intern class "started 3 weeks ago through an internal finance club emailing list," and "informal calls were 2 weeks ago." That puts outreach in mid-January 2024, about 17 months before a summer 2025 start. It's one observation from one cycle at one school. If the firm keeps that rhythm, outreach for summer 2028 would land around January 2027. For summer 2027, a public org-chart directory already lists an incoming 2027 summer analyst, so those seats appear to be filled.

How to read this page: our dates come from tracking previous recruiting cycles and daily posting data. Treat them as informed estimates based on historical patterns, not confirmed dates. The company's official careers page is always the most current source. If a role is posted there, go by that, even if this page suggests the window hasn't opened yet.

Why You Must Apply the Week Applications Open

There's no application week at Gordon Dyal & Co., so the real question is whether you're reachable when the firm looks. No posting, deadline or rolling policy has ever been published. In the one dated account, the front end of the process took about three weeks: an email to a finance club list, informal calls a week later, then a phone screen with the analyst choosing candidates. A student who joined the club list in February would have missed it. The same candidate wrote that the firm takes "a very small class" and that the process was "pretty closed." So the preparation that matters happens before January: be on the right lists, know which alumni work there, and be ready to take a call on short notice.

Which Gordon Dyal & Co. Internship Programs Should You Target?

The firm describes no programs. This table lists what candidates and public listings show.

There's no programs page to link. The firm's own description of its work is on its one-page website, and its registration is on FINRA BrokerCheck.

What Are the Eligibility Requirements?

Gordon Dyal & Co. publishes no eligibility rules. This is what the community account says:

• Schools: it varies by year. The candidate named the University of Michigan previously and Wharton for the summer 2025 class, "but might also be doing UMich or another school still."

• Class year: sophomores at the time of outreach, judging by the 17-month lead in that account.

• GPA and major: not published.

• Work authorization: not published for interns.

• Location: New York.

Can You Get In From a School the Firm Doesn't Recruit At?

We found no account of it. The February 2024 candidate wrote that the firm doesn't "have open applications as of yet, due to the size of their team and limited capacity," and added that it was "hoping to build a larger analyst class in the coming years." That may change, and this page will be updated if a posting ever appears. Until then, treat this firm as a long shot that depends on your school and your network, and put most of your effort into firms with a public process.

What Skills Does Gordon Dyal & Co. Look For, and How Do You Build Them?

No job description exists, and no interview questions for the firm are on record, so we can't tell you what it tests. What's public is the work itself. Large-company M&A: the firm lists mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and sales. Corporate restructuring: it names portfolio restructuring, joint ventures and spin-offs or split-offs. Contested situations: it also names defense against hostile bids, activist shareholder situations and special committee assignments. A candidate who can explain why a company would spin off a division, and how you'd value both pieces, is preparing for the right kind of conversation. The firm describes its own principles as "integrity, discretion, loyalty, and execution excellence."

Note: No skills chart on this page: Gordon Dyal & Co. has no careers page or job board and posts no internship description, so there's no posting to count. The areas above are taken from the firm's own description of its advisory work.

How Is Demand for Investment Banking Interns Moving Right Now?

Build These Skills Before You Apply

Each area maps to a remote Externship that gives a sophomore a finished project to describe on a call.

None of these has any tie to Gordon Dyal & Co. They're a way to have concrete finance work to talk about before you've had an internship.

What Is the Gordon Dyal & Co. Application and Interview Process Like?

There's no application form. These steps come from one candidate's dated account on Wall Street Oasis, which is community-reported and stops at the phone screen.

1. Outreach through a campus list. Recruiting for the summer 2025 class started "through an internal finance club emailing list"; the candidate notes that an alum had been a member of that club.

2. Informal calls. These followed about a week later.

3. Analyst phone screen. The candidate "had a call with their analyst in charge of picking out candidates."

4. Later rounds. Not documented. The candidate didn't advance, and no interview reports for the firm are on record.

Because the route runs through people, our networking guide for students is the most relevant prep, along with the superday interview guide for the firms you're pursuing in parallel.

What One Candidate Says on Wall Street Oasis

Reddit has only passing mentions of the firm, and one first-hand account exists elsewhere, so this section has a single card.

How Do You Stand Out for a Gordon Dyal & Co. Internship?

Three moves. First, get on the lists early. Join your school's finance and investment banking club mailing lists at the start of sophomore year. The one documented round went out that way, and it moved within weeks. Second, find the alumni. The community account says the firm recruits where its first- and second-year analysts studied, so check whether a recent graduate of your school works there and ask for a short conversation. Third, know the firm's lane. It advises on large mergers, spin-offs, hostile defense and activist situations, so be ready to discuss one recent deal of that kind in detail. Then run posted processes at other firms in parallel, because this one is a long shot by design. Gordon Dyal & Co. publishes no applicant count, class size or conversion rate.

What Other Companies Should You Consider?

Students drawn to Gordon Dyal & Co. usually also look at larger independent advisory firms, most of which run public application processes.

Our finance internships summer 2027 guide compares recruiting calendars across the industry, and the investment banking internships 2028 guide covers sophomore-year recruiting at firms that publish their dates.

FAQ

Can I still apply for a summer 2027 Gordon Dyal & Co. internship?

No public application exists for summer 2027 or any other year, and those seats appear to be filled: a public org-chart directory already lists an incoming 2027 summer analyst. Sophomores should think about summer 2028. One dated account suggests outreach could come around January 2027, but that's a projection from a single cycle.

Does Gordon Dyal & Co. have internships?

Yes, on a very small scale. A candidate described the firm's recruiting for its summer 2025 intern class in a February 2024 Wall Street Oasis thread, and a public directory lists an incoming 2027 summer analyst. The firm itself says nothing about it: its website is one page with no careers section.

How do you apply to Gordon Dyal & Co.?

You can't apply online. There's no form, no job board and no careers page. In the one dated account, the firm reached students through a campus finance club's mailing list, held informal calls a week later, and then ran phone screens. Being on those lists and knowing alumni is the only documented route.

Which schools does Gordon Dyal & Co. recruit from?

It changes by year, according to one candidate account. The firm reportedly recruits where its current first- and second-year analysts studied: the University of Michigan in earlier years and Wharton for the summer 2025 class, possibly with another school. This is community-reported from February 2024, and the firm hasn't confirmed any school list.

When does Gordon Dyal & Co. recruit summer analysts?

The firm publishes no dates. The only dated account puts outreach for the summer 2025 class in mid-January 2024, about 17 months before the internship. If that pattern repeats, outreach for summer 2028 would come around January 2027. That's a low-confidence projection from one cycle at one school, not a schedule.

How much do Gordon Dyal & Co. interns make?

Intern pay isn't published. The firm posts no roles, so there's no posting with a pay range, and Vault's profile gives no intern figure. Some websites print a weekly rate for this firm without citing a source; we don't repeat those numbers. If you reach a call, compensation is a fair question to ask.

What is the Gordon Dyal & Co. interview like?

Very little is documented. One candidate describes informal calls followed by a phone call with the analyst in charge of picking candidates, and didn't advance past that. No interview questions for the firm are on record in the community databases we checked, so prepare standard M&A technicals and be ready to discuss large deals.

Is Gordon Dyal & Co. related to Dyal Capital?

No. Gordon Dyal & Co. Advisory Group LP is an independent M&A advisory firm at 152 West 57th Street in New York, founded in 2016 by former Goldman Sachs banker Gordon Dyal, according to Vault. Dyal Capital is a separate business, part of Blue Owl, that invests in asset managers. They aren't connected.

Gordon Dyal & Co. won't post an application, so focus on what you can control: the lists you're on, the alumni you know, and the work you can describe. A remote Externship gives a sophomore a finished finance or strategy project to talk about when the call comes.