Baillie Gifford — Investment Trainee

Graduate Programme · Asset Management

Status

Closed

Location

Edinburgh

Level

Graduate

Deadline

30 April 2026

Status checked against the firm's careers feed — last synced 9 October 2026.

Key details

Application deadline: 30 April 2026
Cover letter: Required — see our Cover Letter Studio.
Visa sponsorship: Not listed as available for this programme. Employers often sponsor on some programmes and not others, so check the listing rather than ruling the employer out.
Process: App→Essay→AC
Long-only growth, but research-driven.

How to prepare for this one

Graduate and full-time processes assume more polish than internship rounds: technicals, live case discussion, and a crisp story about why this desk.

A row of seven identical desks marked all the same from here. Lev stands beside the one with a small flag planted on it, marked why this one, holding an open folder marked live case. — Every desk looks alike from outside. The graduate round asks why you planted a flag on one.

Practise it, don't just read it

Free, no sign-up, and short enough to finish before you submit.

Numerical Reasoning Gym12 minThe online test, rebuilt: data tables, percentage changes, ratios and conversions under a 75-second clock, with the tempting wrong answers included on purpose.Name That Multiple3 minA Wordle for finance. Guess a company’s EV/EBITDA band from the business quality, learn what drives it, share your score.

Build the model this seat is tested on

A working Excel model with live formulas. Work with it online free: change the inputs and watch it recalculate. A free account also takes the starter workbook to build yourself.

Discounted cash flow model40 minUnlevered free cash flow to a share price

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Walk in with something

Each of these produces a piece of work an interviewer at Baillie Gifford can ask you about. Free to run as a preview; Pro runs the full version on the stronger engine.

Stock Pitch BuilderFreePitch architecture: thesis, variant view, valuation, catalysts, risksAbout 45 min of your time Earnings TeardownFreeOne-page earnings delta memo + questions listAbout 25 min of your time Filing DiffFreeMaterial-changes memo with source citationsAbout 20 min of your time

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Before you send it

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