Group Case Study

The assessment-centre exercise used at spring week and summer internship stage: 4-6 candidates are given a short brief — a company, a client situation, sometimes a live news injection, and typically 45-60 minutes to prepare a 10-minute recommendation to a panel, followed by Q&A. No modelling is required and no finance background is assumed. What is scored is behaviour in a group: whether you build on other people’s points, whether you keep time, whether you make sure everyone speaks. Dominating the group scores worse than saying less and structuring better.

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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 Investment Banking Case Studies: Spring Week vs Analyst vs AssociateFour different exercises share one name. Preparing for the wrong one is the most common way candidates waste a month.Read the guide — 8 min

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