Does anyone know of anywhere that say the date that specific firms open internship applications (like the LSE closing date one)? I know that Credit Suisse, Goldman, Barclays, HSBC, UBS and JP Morgan are open now.

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username537823

Original post by Princepieman

website

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What website ...*

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dasu95

Original post by olly_price

Is Barclays open? Seems open only for Tel Aviv at the moment

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username738914

Original post by sreddy17

What website ...*

Firms have websites bro

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torres657

Original post by olly_price

you sure about Barc and HSBC? I can't find application open for IBD SA London.

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olly_price

Original post by torres657

you sure about Barc and HSBC? I can't find application open for IBD SA London.

I mean that they've started opening applications, which means that frequent checks will undoubtedly result in a successful one quite soon.

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TJ263

I'm new to all the job test preparation, so I had a few questions about prep for interviews & testing:

1) Which would you all recommend of the following (or any others I haven't mentioned)?

AssessmentDay: https://www.assessmentday.co.uk/buy/aptitudetests_numerical_buy.htm (£35)
Assessment Centre HQ: https://www.assessmentcentrehq.com/ultimate-guidev3/ (£25)
Graduate Monkey: https://www.graduatemonkey.com/bundle-aptitude-test-pack.html (£59)

Do any of these^ cover (a large majority of) the required preparation for testing in banking/finance roles discussed on this forum? And how long should it take to prepare for this testing, given you're spending 4-5 hours a day prepping?

2) Is the $77 Mergers & Inquisitions subscription any good/worth it? Is anyone using it atm?

Thanks in advance!

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TheParham

Original post by TJ263

I had AssessmentDay last year and it was okay, appaz Graduate Monkey has a slightly more similar questions to the real tests.
and yeah if you buy the bundle it should cover all verbal,numerical, SJT etc that could come up in different finance roles/firms

It depends on where you are starting from, if you are at zero and never done anything similar to these then probably 20-25 hours for each type of test (numerical, verbal,..) should be enough.

I would personally suggest spending your money on a real subscription e.g. FT, WSJ, etc but I cant comment as I have never had the $77 one

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sky-blue

Which banks do verbal tests?

Credit Suisse, HSBC............... ?

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dasu95

Original post by sky-blue

Which banks do verbal tests?

Credit Suisse, HSBC............... ?

Lazard also

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econibpe

Original post by TJ263

mate, the tests are just used to sift out the people with poor numerical/verbal/logical skills and distinguish the very top performers. The questions themselves are pretty straight forward, it's just a matter of technique. I highly doubt you'd need to do more than 5 tests of each type before you've got the tekkers and are ready to go. Try sharing a subscription with someone, don't waste your time and money!

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olly_price

Original post by TJ263

To be honest, everything you really need to prepare can be found for free online. The stuff you have to pay for is, in my opinion, a pretty big waste of money. You're better of getting a subscription in FT or something and reading Bloomberg and knowing the industry. If you're right for banking and know the industry really well, you shouldn't need to pay for anything. In terms of assessments, your uni will probably be able to provide you with free practice tests and there are enough online. I think after you've done 5 or 6 you won't improve much more, so again, waste of money.

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username537823

Original post by dasu95

Lazard also

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hey are all them shl? im just practicing so would be good to know which one they are from!

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username738914

Original post by sreddy17

hey are all them shl? im just practicing so would be good to know which one they are from!

Lazard - Numerical (SHL), Verbal
Citi - Numerical (TalentQ)
Morgan Stanley - Numerical (SHL)
Deutsche Bank - Numerical (Kenexa)
JP Morgan - no tests
BAML - Numerical (Kenexa)
Barclays - (no tests - not sure they might have some)
Credit Suisse - Numerical (Kenexa), Verbal
UBS - Numerical (SHL), Logical (SHL), Verbal
Evercore - Numerical (SHL), Verbal
HSBC - Numerical (SHL), Verbal
RBC - Numerical (SHL), Verbal
Nomura - Numerical (Kenexa), Logical (Kenexa)
Societe Generale - Numerical (SHL)
RBS - Numerical (TalentQ), Logical (TalentQ)
BNP Paribas - verbal and numerical (cut-e)

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