WBF Spring Week Guide 2013-14

Hello Freshers!
Firstly many congrats and welcome to Warwick!
We have been working very hard over the summer in order to create
a jam-packed, exciting event schedule to ensure you have the best
possible support to secure your dream internship.
The Spring Week Guide contains top tips, an application guide and
the WBF Events Calendar for Term 1. We are proud to announce our
Flagship Events for this year including Introduction to Spring Weeks,
Meet the City (day trip to London visiting offices of Blackrock,
Morgan Stanley and others) and Meet the Senior Leaders in Finance
(senior Reps from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Blackrock and
others will be attending)
The WBF Exec Team looks forward to meeting many of you shortly.
Feel free to pop us an email if you have any questions, we are more
than happy to help.
Best of luck!

The WBF Exec:

President: Bavya Makani, 2nd year PPE
Vice President: Rusheel Somaiya, 2nd year Economics
Head of Markets: Coral Hall-Casserly, 2nd year Maths
Co-Heads of Investment Banking: Matt Fargie & Duncan Lonscombe,
3rd year Engineering
Secretary: Aaron Tomasz, 2nd year Maths & Economics

Top Tips for Securing Spring Weeks

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Attend all relevant WBF events to set you apart from other
applicants
Be on the ball from mid-Oct; get your spring week applications in
early. Cant be emphasised enough!
Speak to WFS Exec and people in the years above who have been
through the spring week application process
Read the front, back and Lex pages of the FT to start getting
into the markets and what's going on in the world
- Make sure to look at the markets numbers on the front
page to get an idea of what price level everything lies at
Attend Sponsors events and connect with HR and business reps
- Ask them for their business card and follow up
Make sure your CV is concise; 1 page only. Come along to
CV/Cover Letter Clinic if you would like individual advice
Take part in student societies that interest you; extra-curricular
activities are becoming an increasingly important differentiator
Do NOT copy and paste the same cover letter for all the banks
you are applying to
Get comments on your CV/cover letter from friends/family/WBF
before you submit
Have an opinion on whats going on in the economy and financial
services industry in general; read WFS M&A Deal Digest
Make multiple applications in order to ensure you have the best
chance of securing a spring week
Ensure you are thoroughly prepared for interviews; refer to the
WFS Experiences Portal

Spring Week 2013-14 Application Guide

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Programme(s) Name: BAML Spring Insight Week (Division Specific)
Deadline: 23rd January 2014
Application process:
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Stage 1: Online application form and Numerical test (SHL)

Stage 2: Longer online application questions, i.e. why BAML,
why your chosen division
- Stage 3: Telephone interview- 20 minute competency and
motivation based interview
N.B. BAML run a Summer Insight Week, applications open approx.
May 2014
For more information contact Bavya Makani
m.bavya@wfsocieties.com

Barclays
Programme(s) Name: Barclays Spring Week Programme
Deadline: TBC
Application process:
-

Stage 1: Online application form (CV and 3 competencies

instead of cover letter) and numerical test and verbal
reasoning (SHL)
Stage 2: Telephone interview- 20 minute strengths based
interview (competency and motivation based)
Stage 3: Assessment Centre; Group Exercise (prioritisation
task), 2 interviews (one with HR and second one with
business rep)

For more information contact Aaron Tomasz

a.tomasz@wfsocieties.com

Blackrock
Programme(s) Name: Blackrock Portfolio Analytics Group Spring
Week
Deadline: Late deadline- c. March 2013
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and Cover Letter

Stage 2: Telephone interview

For more information contact Priyanka Shanbhag

p.r.shanbhag@warwick.ac.uk

BNP Paribas
Programme(s) Name: Spring Week Programme
Deadline: 31st January 2014
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and 2 application questions. 250 words on each

Work Experience you have done
NO INTERVIEWS

BP
Programme(s) Name: BP Integrated Supply and Trading Week
Deadline: TBC
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and Cover Letter

Stage 2: Online tests
Stage 3: 15 minute competency and motivation based
telephone interview
For more information contact Kushal Patel
kushal.patel@warwick.ac.uk

Citi
Programme(s) Name:
- Citi Quest (1 week)- work shadowing in your chosen division
- Citi Scope (3 days)- overview of investment banking
- Women of Tomorrow
Deadline: 4th January 2014
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and Cover Letter

Stage 2: Online numerical test (TalentQ-harder than Kenexa)
Stage 3: Telephone interview (strong commercial awareness
focus)
For more information contact Aaron Tomasz
a.tomasz@wfsocieties.com

Credit Suisse
Programme(s) Name: Credit Suisse Spring Insight Week
- Front Office: IBD and Fixed Income & Equities
- Support functions: Global Operations, IT and Finance
Deadline: TBC
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV & cover letter and up to 10 awards and

achievements
Stage 2: Kenexa numerical and verbal tests

Stage 3: Two 30 minute competency-based phone

interviews- one from each side of the business involved in
the Spring Week, e.g. IBD and Equities

For more information contact Matt Fargie

m.fargie@wfsocieties.com

Deloitte
Programme(s) Name: Spring into Deloitte (2 days)
Deadline: TBC
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and Competency Questions

Stage 2: Numerical Test and E-Tray Assessment (no
interviews)

For more information contact Rusheel Somaiya

r.somaiya@wfsocieties.com

Deutsche Bank
Programme(s) Name: Spring into Banking (division specific)
Deadline: 27th January 2014
Application process:

Stage 1: CV and 3 online questions (instead of a cover letter)

Stage 2: Online numerical test (SHL)
Stage 3: Assessment Centre; written numerical test and 3
interviews with business reps

For more information contact Andrew Fu

andrew.fu@warwick.ac.uk

Goldman Sachs
Programme(s) Name: Goldman Sachs Divisional Spring Internship (2
weeks)
Divisions: Investment Banking, Securities, Global Investment
Research, Investment Management, Technology, Operations, Finance
and Internal Audit
Deadline: 5th January 2014
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV, 300 word motivation letter and 3x 100 word

examples of leadership (NO numerical test)
Stage 2: One 30 minute interview in London- stated as
competency but strong element of commercial awareness

For more information contact Dipal Sanghvi

d.sanghvi@wfsocieties.com

HSBC
Programme(s) Name: Spring Insight Programme (3 days)
Deadline: 1st January 2014
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and cover letter

Stage 2: Online numerical test (SHL)
Stage 3: Telephone interview with HR (competency-based)

For more information contact Coral Hall-Casserly c.hallcasserly@warwick.ac.uk

ICAP
Programme(s) Name: Industry Insight
Deadline: TBC
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and cover letter

Stage 2: Assessment Centre- numerical test, group
presentation and one individual competency and motivation
based interview with HR

For more information contact Rusheel Somaiya

r.somaiya@wfsocieties.com

JP Morgan
Programme(s) Name:
i)
ii)

Spring Week: Experience Investment Banking and Risk

Spring Week: Experience the Markets (Markets: sales,
trading and research)
iii)
Winning Women: Inside the Industry (Non-division
specific- 3 days)
iv)
Spring into Bournemouth (Technology)
v)
Spring Week in Technology
Deadline: 8th December 2013
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and motivation-based questions

Stage 2: Online numerical test (SHL)
Stage 2: Two 30 minute interviews in London- competency
and motivation based

For more information contact Bavya Makani

m.bavya@wfsocieties.com

Morgan Stanley
Programme(s) Name: Morgan Stanley Spring Insight Programme (1
week)
Deadline: TBC
Application process:

Stage 1: CV and cover letter

Stage 2: Online numerical test (Kenexa)
Stage 3: One 30 minute telephone interview with a business
rep (competency based)
Stage 4: Assessment Centre- individual case study and
presentation followed by one 30 minute interview with a
business rep (technical and competency questions)

For more information contact Brogan Moss

b.moss@wfsocieties.com

Nomura
Programme(s) Name:
i)
Womens Immersion (2 weeks)
ii)
Explore Nomura (3 days)- no interviews
Deadline: 19th January 2014
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and cover letter & 200 words on each work

experience you have done
Stage 2: Online numerical test
Stage 3: Two interviews- one with HR and one with a
business rep

For more information contact Brogan Moss

b.moss@wfsocieties.com

RBS
Programme(s) Name: RBS Spring Week
Deadline: 31st January 2014
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV, cover letter and competency questions

Stage 2: Online logic test
Stage 3: Assessment Centre- written numerical test and two
30 minute competency based interviews with business reps

For more information contact Anna Massey

a.massey@wfsocieties.com

Rothschild
Programme(s) Name: Rothschild Spring Insight Programme (3 days)
Deadline: 29th December 2013
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and Cover Letter

Stage 2: Present for 5 minutes on a topic of your choice
followed by a 30 minute interview in London (competency
and motivation based with some technical questions)

For more information contact Bavya Makani

m.bavya@wfsocieties.com

UBS
Programme(s) Name: UBS Spring Insights
Deadline: TBC
Application process:
-

Stage 1: CV and 4 competency questions

Stage 2: Online numerical and verbal test
Stage 3: 20 minute telephone interview- competency based
with some commercial awareness questions
For more information contact Matt Fargie
m.fargie@wfsocieties.com

Term 1 WBF 2013-14 Events Calendar

Sponsors Events

Date
Thursday
17th
October
Tuesday
22nd
October
Monday
28th
October
Monday
28th
October
Tuesday
29th
October
Monday
4th
November
Monday
4th
November

Time

Event

7pm

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

IBD Dinner

7pm

Cipher Recruitment
Presentation & CV Clinic

12pm

Credit Suisse
Managing your career

6pm

Deutsche Bank
How to succeed at Assessment Centres

6pm

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Trading game

TBC

Morgan Stanley
Coffee Chats & CV Clinic

6pm

Citi
Corporate Banking Game

WBF Application Skills

Date
Tuesday
8th
October
Tuesday
15th
October
Thursday
24th
October
Friday
25th
October
Tuesday
5th
November
Monday
11th
November
Tuesday
12th
November
Thursday
14th
November
Monday
18th
November
Friday
22nd
November
Monday
25th
November
Thursday
28th
November

Time

Event

6pm

Welcome to WBF networking drinks &

Introduction to Summer Internships

12pm

CV and cover letter Clinic Session 1

7pm

Introduction to Spring Weeks

12pm

CV and cover letter Clinic Session 2

All Day

Meet the City (London)

Including Blackrock and Morgan Stanley

6pm

Summer Internship IBD technical seminar

12pm

CV and cover letter Clinic Session 3

7pm

Introduction to Investment Banking

(Divisions Overview)

12pm

CV and cover letter Clinic Session 4

12pm

CV and cover letter Clinic Session 5

6pm

Spring Week IBD technical seminar

7pm

Meet the Senior Leaders in Finance