***Official Investment Banking Spring Week 2015 Thread***

First half of application form = personal details.
Followed by a numerical.
If you pass, you do second half of application form, which includes uploading CV & cover letter.

This has been touched upon, but are pre-screening tests always the first stage of the application, or is it common to write your cover letter, CV, competency questions, et cetera first?

Most banks don't use pre-screening tests. Usually, you have to go through the hassle of doing the competency questions and then tests.

If you fail the test, then the effort for comp questions was for nothing.

Some banks 'screen' before giving out tests.

Hello Guys, I'm hoping for some help with some questions I have.

I became interested in investment banking when I was doing my A Levels but I thought It was a pipe dream so I didn't follow through with it, and didn't learn much about the industry.
Well I managed to get decent A levels and got into Warwick, which I'm told is a target university. I'll be studying Physics and Business.
I plan on applying to spring week, but I have no relevant work experience or volunteer work. My volunteer work consists of working 2 weeks at a star bucks and doing a bunch of volunteer work with the elderly (back when my parents were pressuring me into studying medicine, haha).
I also don't have any interesting Extra Curriculars since studying took up most of my time at college (I did badly at AS and had to retake at A2).
I'm planning to do have a lot of ECs at Uni, but at that point, wouldn't the applications' deadlines be over?

I just want to know if it's too late to legitimately follow this as this field has always interested me but I never thought I would have a real shot.

haha what were you doing volunteering at a starbucks?

Can you fill in the application forms without sending them off? So that I may practice for the tests and do them one after another?

Yes. Smartest approach there is


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Is there a way to save them without submitting? I don't want to spend time doing the applications before finding out I'll just have to redo them again, as you can't save them.

Is there a way to save them without submitting? I don't want to spend time doing the applications before finding out I'll just have to redo them again, as you can't save them.

The amount of times now I've seen banking events that look good to apply to, and then noticed the diversity quotas you have to meet to be eligible for entry, ughhhhh

First half of application form = personal details.
Followed by a numerical.
If you pass, you do second half of application form, which includes uploading CV & cover letter.

I do not want to seem like a stupid chickne but.. I am going to buy the Kenexa training tests.. and I don't know which one! Do banks ask you only fro numerical reasoning tests or also verbals or others?

And what about the Q test? Which one did you choose to train for you apps?