Free ChatGPT prompt library for IB recruiting
22 copy-paste prompts organized around the real recruiting workflow: finding bankers, researching them, writing outreach, prepping for coffee chats, and managing follow-ups. Use them straight in ChatGPT.
These prompts are designed to be run in ChatGPT as-is (just fill in the brackets). For the full end-to-end walkthrough — including how to verify what ChatGPT gives you before you trust it — see how to find investment bankers with ChatGPT. Each category below ends with the natural next step — the point where the research or drafting ChatGPT gave you needs to go somewhere so it doesn't get lost in a chat history you'll never scroll back through.
Finding bankers
Turn a vague target ('I want to network at bulge brackets') into a specific, searchable list — the exact step covered in depth in the full ChatGPT workflow guide.
Help me find 10 investment bankers at [bank] who could be good networking contacts for a [year] at [your school] interested in [group, e.g. TMT]. Give me LinkedIn Boolean search terms I can run myself, and explain what to look for in the results.
→ Import the verified results into MarketIQ to get contact details and start outreach.
I'm targeting [bank tier, e.g. "bulge bracket" or "elite boutique"] banks for [industry] coverage. List 8 firms and the specific group name I should search for at each — not just the bank name.
→ Use this to build a target list across multiple banks before you start searching LinkedIn.
Suggest second-degree connections I could ask for a warm introduction to bankers at [bank], based on [your school/hometown/prior internship/student org].
→ Warm introductions convert higher than cold outreach — worth exhausting this before going fully cold.
I've already reached out to the alumni I could find at [bank]. Help me think through who else is worth contacting — second-degree connections, related groups, or adjacent banks I haven't tried.
→ Track everyone you've already contacted in MarketIQ so this list only shows genuinely new people.
ChatGPT found the bankers.
Import the list into MarketIQ to get verified contact details, draft personalized outreach for each one, and track who you've reached out to.
Track these contacts in MarketIQResearching bankers
Show up to outreach — and the coffee chat itself — with something specific to say. Always verify names and details independently before using them (see the verification step in the ChatGPT workflow guide).
I found this person on LinkedIn: [paste their headline/summary]. Help me identify 2-3 specific, verifiable details from their profile I could reference in an outreach email — not generic compliments.
→ MarketIQ surfaces this kind of context automatically when drafting outreach for a saved contact.
What questions should I ask about [bank]'s [group] coverage area to sound informed, not generic, in a first conversation?
→ Save the answers back to the contact's notes so you don't have to re-research before the next touchpoint.
What's the difference between [Group A] and [Group B] at a bank, and which is a better fit if I'm interested in [interest, e.g. "financial modeling over client-facing work"]?
→ Useful before you decide who to prioritize — pair with the 'defining who to target' step in the ChatGPT workflow guide.
I have names and titles from LinkedIn but no other context: [paste names/titles/groups]. Help me prioritize who to reach out to first based on seniority and how recently they moved into the role.
→ Turn the prioritized list into contacts in MarketIQ so the ranking isn't lost once you close this chat.
ChatGPT pulled the background.
Save what you found to the contact's profile in MarketIQ so it's there automatically the next time you draft an email or prep for a call — not buried in an old chat thread.
Keep contact research in one placeWriting outreach
Draft a first pass fast — then personalize the bracketed parts before sending. A generic template that looks copy-pasted gets ignored.
Write a cold email to an alum working at [bank] in [group], referencing that we both went to [school], under 120 words.
→ MarketIQ generates this per-contact using their actual background — no rewriting the same email 20 times.
Write a cold email to a non-alum at [bank] whose work in [group] I found interesting, without sounding like a form letter.
→ Log every send in MarketIQ so you know exactly who's been contacted and when.
Rewrite this email so it sounds more specific and less generic, without making it longer: [paste your draft].
→ Run every draft through one more specificity pass before it goes out — this prompt is built for exactly that.
Write a short LinkedIn connection request message (under 300 characters) to a banker at [bank] in [group] who I haven't emailed.
→ Useful as a lower-commitment first touch before a full email — track it the same way once they accept.
ChatGPT wrote the email.
Log the outreach in MarketIQ so you know exactly who you've contacted, when, and what you said — before it gets lost in twelve open drafts.
Start your outreach pipelineCoffee chat prep
Go in with real questions — the ones that get a real answer, not a rehearsed one.
I have a 20-minute coffee chat with a [title] in [group] at [bank]. Give me 6-8 specific questions that go beyond generic 'day in the life' questions.
→ After the call, log the answers in MarketIQ against this contact so they're there for your next follow-up.
What should I avoid asking in a coffee chat so I don't come across as only interested in getting a referral?
→ Worth reviewing before every early-stage chat, not just the first one.
Help me prepare a 30-second answer to 'walk me through your resume,' tailored for a banking recruiting conversation, based on this background: [paste your resume bullets].
→ Practice this out loud once, not just read it — coffee chats move fast.
A banker I'm talking to mentioned they work on [specific deal type, e.g. "leveraged buyouts"]. What follow-up questions would show I actually understand what that involves?
→ Use mid-conversation if you want to go one level deeper on something they bring up.
You've got questions ready.
After the call, log the answers back in MarketIQ against this contact — that's what makes your next follow-up sound like a continuation, not a cold restart.
Set up your coffee chat logFollow-ups & pipeline management
The step almost everyone means to do and almost nobody actually does on time — because it depends on remembering a date, not on having the right words.
Write a thank-you email to send within 24 hours of a coffee chat about [topic discussed], referencing something specific they said: [paste what they said].
→ Send this the same day — MarketIQ can remind you it's due if you log the chat date.
Write a follow-up email for 7 days after a coffee chat with no response yet, adding new value rather than just 'checking in.'
→ MarketIQ flags contacts as overdue for follow-up automatically after 7 days.
Write a follow-up email letting a contact know I've applied to [bank]'s program, referencing our prior conversation, without directly asking for a referral.
→ Only send this after two or three genuine touchpoints — not on a first coffee chat.
I'm juggling follow-ups with [number] contacts across [number] banks at different stages. Help me think through which 3 to prioritize this week based on where they are in the process.
→ This works far better with an actual status list in front of you — export or paste your MarketIQ pipeline into the prompt.
ChatGPT drafted the follow-up.
MarketIQ tracks the date of your last touch with every contact and flags who's overdue — so the 7-day rule happens on a schedule, not when you happen to remember.
Set up follow-up remindersRelated
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