Summer 2015 Applications

can anyone give me the link to accentures applications? For some reason I keep seeing that theyre open in 2015

Is it me or are the only internships available with Deutsche, markets and corporate finance? Can't find anymore like asset management

They are not hard. Strengths test is I think 20 questions with no time limit and the other tests are from Saville consulting - 3 sets of 8 question, each set with 6 min time limit.

I did the test on Saturday and today I got the e-mail saying:
Thank you for submitting your application for the 2015 Summer Internship - Corporate Finance - Financial Services programme with EY.

We apologise for the delay in contacting you to arrange your 1st stage interview. There are currently candidates ahead of you in the process and we will contact you with an update as soon as possible.
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Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place but I have a telephone interview on monday for the Deutsche Bank train to hire program for the group technology/operations division in Birmingham. I imagine being in Birmingham the role is more back office but I assumed in the online application process that I would be given an online numerical reasoning test first before any kind of actual interview. Do they usually interview first for these kinds of programs/divisions? By the way I'm a physics graduate so for all I know they might have just assumed I'm competent at maths.

Have you heard from EY since? I have applied for the exact position and received an identical e-mail earlier today.

Long shot but anyone here in Private equity?

yes network network and network some more.

I became interested in finance way back but I didnt really know how to persue it and didn't know much about the whole industry. Like 99 percent of people I would apply online and hope for the best. I had a crap cv and cover letter and I go to a very low ranked university. During last summer I applied to one or two summer internships but then gave up. I decided to go into something like engineering and hold of going into finance.

My passion for finance was growing and during January I came across people who went to non target unis but landed summer internships. It was at this point I decided that I can not give up and I need to do something. I was brutally honest with myself and I reinvented myself. I started networking like hell and sought the help of people in the industry to work on my cv and cover letter. I also worked on creating a water tight story.

The only problem was that in January all the summer internship positions for this summer are closed. However their was one that was open. It was for one of the largest asset management firms in the world (think pimco,blackrock etc..) for their trading division. I networked like hell with employees from their and I got a referral from a person who had been working their for 7 months. I managed to get a final round interview with them. I didnt get it in the end but this was my first ever final round interview. Before this I had never even got a phone interview so it was not a bad achievement. So this just goes to show with rubbish grades (around 240 ucas at A levels) and a very low ranked uni you can still do it.

I have done only engineering work experience

THIS.!

I am in a very similar position, 260 Ucas points, well 270 if you include general studies but whatever. 1st class from Coventry University in Financial Econs. When I asked people if I had a chance they were like "NO CHANCE, GIVE UP" Bla bla..

But people do not realise this - I was also given no chance of getting into University when i got kicked out of my 1st 6th form.. At University, I was given no chance of getting a 1st by my Finance tutor when I had to retake a module in 2nd year.

What did I do? I killed my social life and worked so hard because I did not want these guys to say "Told you so".

Now Im trying to get into banking, people are saying "no chance" lol I've heard that line before...

I also cold called, got an informational interview with a boutique, got told off my a director, got two MD's email addresses and sent them my CV.

The informational interview did not get me the job, haven't heard from one of the MDs, the other MD told me that his HR said they can't offer me any shadowing experience because I am a graduate. However, one of the VPs referred me to a HR at his firm and she emailed me today asking me if i really wanted the role, and something about my knowledge of finance.

No concrete offer but for someone who did not have a chance, I am getting pretty close aren't I?

You sir are my motivation.. I'll PM you!!

To be honest, not really. There's a big difference in having someone sound interested in you, and them actually doing something about it and inviting you to a formal interview. Until you're in a position where they're taking serious time out of their own work to deal with you, I can't see how you're even remotely close. That said, I'm not saying you should give up, but the kind of contact you've been having with them so far sounds pretty preliminary.

People said I had no chance, but I've gotten an Informational Interview, and another Boutique bank said I was perfect for the role, she then called asking me about my knowledge in finance. That sounds pretty close to me.. especially when people said I had no chance.

But Ill keep trying.. how do i get in a position where they are taking their time to speak with me??

Any tips? Thanks

People said I had no chance, but I've gotten an Informational Interview, and another Boutique bank said I was perfect for the role, she then called asking me about my knowledge in finance. That sounds pretty close to me.. especially when people said I had no chance.

But Ill keep trying.. how do i get in a position where they are taking their time to speak with me??

Any tips? Thanks

I have to agree with Noble. Getting an informational interview really isn't an achievement. If you are not converting your meetings into formal interviews then you really are a long way away. Wish you the best, but make sure you are aware of how this process tends to work.

I'm doing a PE internship atm if it helps.

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