No Spring Weeks... How Screwed Am I?

Not screwed at all. Plenty of people secure FO SA positions without spring weeks, or at least not at that particular bank. The usefulness of SWs are questionable if you don't convert, aside from the signalling factor.

You need to assess where you went wrong on your telephone interviews, you might not get three throws at the dice for summer.

If that internship is legit, it sounds good. There's lots of stuff you can consider doing such as volunteering abroad/interning at a boutique in London etc.

A little about my profile:
-1st year UCL Econ
-A*A*AA at A level
-1st year executive position at a finance society
-Regional level swimming + position on the 1st team at UCL
-Accounting work experience + summer job
-No previous IB work experience

So after 11 applications, 3 telephone interviews and lots of rejections and nothing to show for it as of yet, I am now confident that I won't end up with any spring weeks. I am still waiting for a few replied but it seems like nearly all firms have finished their recruiting.

How will this effect my summer internship applications next year? Do many people manage to land FO SA positions without having done any spring weeks?

I have an offer for a 1 month summer internship at an IB in Shanghai this summer. Will this make up for not having any SWs? Is there anything else I can do in the meantime to boost my CV?

Which firm in Shanghai? Is it Absolute Internship?

A little about my profile:

Not screwed at all. Very good academics, very good ECs (i.e. finance leadership, competitve sport) - now do the internship in Shanghai (relevant IB exp + international exposure) and you'll get interviews. Just don't actively mention that it's an 'Absolute' internship,

If you do the above you have a great chance.

Last year I had no SWs but had 5 interviews for IBD summers (BB-large MM) and recieved an offer after many rejections, and learnt lessons at that.

Hi Bloxorus,

Would you mind messaging me? I'm interested in Absolute Internship but not sure whether to go through it or not. Anyone else who can help would be great!

Hi Al_10 I'm currently in the process of getting interviews with absolute internship. I don't know what industry you're looking at but I'm doing law. I've read a few reviews about their process and it was mostly negative but I still went with it. I was supposed to have an interview today but I got notified half an hour before the interview that the company had backed out, although it was a pretty good law firm (London). I was pretty happy with their service, the CV revision in particular but now I'm not so confident about it. But they're pretty quick and very friendly and helpful. If you have questions you can ask me and maybe I can help you out and let you know if everything goes smooth. Let me know. Have a good day.

Thanks for your help. Finance-related opportunities such as Investment Banking. I'm going to submit my application anyway and discuss any doubts I have about the program on the phone haha. Do you know whether you can get deposits back if you're not happy with the service?

How will this effect my summer internship applications next year? Do many people manage to land FO SA positions without having done any spring weeks?

Not screwed at all. Plenty of people secure FO SA positions without spring weeks, or at least not at that particular bank. The usefulness of SWs are questionable if you don't convert, aside from the signalling factor.

What does SA mean? I could not find on Google

Probs best not state Absolute on your CV.. You want to to show you went the extra way to get this internship and not show you paid for it lol.. I've applied for HK but the 2 u mentioned are excellent.. Shanghai would be amazing I feel

SA - Summer Analyst (Intern)

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Anyone got a list orf Shanghai/Asia firms that are willing to accept internships from UK students? Might be worth a look, probably a lot harder than Absolute, but at least it would have been earnt.

No one's going to just give you a list bro. Use some initiative to find them.

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I would, but there are plenty of lists for UK internships, so there must be some for Asian internships, thereby using my initiative to save my own time.