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Interview prep, application strategy, and division guides for students targeting investment banking, markets, PE, and related finance roles.
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Careers
8 min read
How to Get Into Investment Banking: UK Student Pathway Guide
Breaking into investment banking is a selection process, not a mystery. This guide maps the UK pathway from first-year internships through summer analyst offers, with the CV, networking, and technical signals banks actually screen for.
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Applications
7 min read
Investment Banking Recruiting Timeline: UK Year-by-Year Calendar
Investment banking recruiting starts earlier than most students expect. This UK calendar maps spring week, summer analyst, and off-cycle windows by class year so you submit in the first wave, not after interview lists fill.
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Applications
6 min read
PJT Partners Internship Application: UK 2026 Summer Analyst Guide
PJT Partners recruits penultimate-year students into advisory verticals with rolling autumn review. This guide maps UK listings, stage gates, and how PJT differs from Evercore and Lazard on motivation and technicals.
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Careers
7 min read
Big Four Transaction Services Career: UK Guide vs Investment Banking and Exits
Big Four transaction services is forensic deal work, not full sell-side execution. This UK guide explains FDD careers, how TS compares to IB, and realistic exit paths.
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Careers
9 min read
Restructuring Investment Banking Career: UK Guide to RX Groups and Recruiting
Restructuring banking is deal work under distress: creditor negotiations, liability management, and survival advice. This UK guide explains RX careers, recruiting, and how they differ from M&A.
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Interviews
7 min read
Superday Investment Banking: UK Guide to Final-Round Interviews and Offer Conversion
A superday is a marathon of back-to-back interviews where one weak hour can end the process. This UK guide covers stamina, consistency, and prep for final-round conversion.
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Careers
10 min read
Asset Management vs Investment Banking Career: UK Guide for Students Choosing a Path
Asset management and investment banking are both competitive, but the day-to-day work, interview style, and lifestyle differ sharply. This UK guide helps you choose and prep accordingly.
Risograph illustration of an independent advisory briefcase beside stacked deal binders and a mid-programme review silhouette for Evercore summer internships
Applications
7 min read
Evercore Summer Internship Application: UK 2026 Process Guide
Evercore recruits penultimate-year students on rolling review with separate listings per advisory vertical. This guide maps UK stages, what independent M&A assessors look for, and how to prep technicals without sounding generic.
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Applications
6 min read
Jefferies Summer Internship Application: UK 2026 Process Guide
Jefferies allows one global application per recruitment season and screens fast on rolling review. This guide maps UK stages, SHL gates, division choice, and prep for mid-market banking paths.
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Study
6 min read
News Story Finance Interview Answer: How to Respond When Asked About the Markets
"Tell me about a news story" appears in HireVue and live rounds. This guide shows how to pick stories, structure answers, and survive follow-ups without sounding like a headline bot.
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Applications
7 min read
Nomura Summer Internship Application: UK 2026 Process Guide
Nomura caps you at one programme per recruitment year and runs fast assessment gates after apply. This guide maps EMEA stages, division choice, and prep so you submit early without burning your only slot.
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Technicals
7 min read
Credit Interview Questions: Downside Cases, Covenants and Lending Judgement
Credit interviews test lending judgement, not LBO heroics. Learn the ratios, covenant logic, and downside frameworks LevFin and private credit interviewers actually probe.
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Study
8 min read
Finance News Sources for Commercial Awareness: UK Interview Reading Guide
You do not need to read everything. This guide ranks finance news sources by interview ROI and shows how UK candidates build commercial awareness in twenty minutes a day.
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Careers
8 min read
Leveraged Finance Career: UK Guide to LevFin Groups, Skills and Exit Paths
Leveraged finance sits between M&A execution and credit markets. This UK guide explains what LevFin analysts actually do, how it compares to adjacent product groups, and where the path leads after two years.
Risograph illustration of an empty interview chair facing a single notecard with bullet silhouettes and a wristwatch for tell me about yourself finance interview prep
Interviews
7 min read
Tell Me About Yourself Finance Interview: UK Guide to the 90-Second Story
"Tell me about yourself" opens most finance interviews and sets the tone for everything after. This UK guide gives you a 90-second structure that sounds natural, not scripted.