Assessment Centre (AC)

The UK final-round format: a half or full day combining a group case study, one or two competency interviews, and often a written exercise or presentation, run for a cohort of candidates at once. Distinct from the US Superday, which is usually back-to-back one-on-one interviews with no group component.

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UK Spring Weeks: Timeline, Assessments, and How Offers Are DecidedWhen applications open, what is actually in the assessment at each bank, and how a week of work experience turns into a summer internship offer.Read the guide — 9 min Psychometric Tests for Finance: Numerical, SJT and Game-BasedMost candidates are rejected before a human sees their application. This is the stage that does it.Read the guide — 10 min How to Become an Investment Banker: Applications and Interviews, Start to OfferThe pillar guide to investment banking recruiting: which route is yours, what each stage filters on, and how to prepare for the stage you are at.Read the guide — 10 min

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