Citi — Spring Insight, 1st Year Programme

Spring Week · Investment Banking

Status

Opening Soon

Location

London

Level

Internship

Deadline

Not published

Status checked against the firm's careers feed — last synced 13 September 2026.

Key details

Applications open: 1 October 2026
Deadline: Not published by the firm; treat the role as rolling and apply early.
Process: App→OA→HireVue→Interviews
Window typically opens October–November; you apply to a named division, so pick it before you write a word.

Apply on Citi's site

Are you eligible?

Check your year group

Spring Week programmes are normally aimed at students in their first year of a three-year degree, which for the 2027 cycle means graduating in 2029.

When do you expect to graduate?

A year group is a convention, not a rule. The wording on the employer's own listing decides it.

What the assessment involves

As reported by candidates for Spring Insight, 1st Year Programme — confirm the current stages on the firm's own application page.

1
Application + CV · practice this →
Division-specific application with a CV attached, reviewed on a rolling basis.
2
Online assessments
Screening assessments ahead of the video round.
3
HireVue video · practice this →
Recorded video interview.
4
Interviews
One or two competency and motivation interviews — teamwork, integrity, analytical thinking and genuine interest in finance.

Where to focus: Pick the division before you write a word, and make the application about that division’s work. Applying to several Citi divisions with the same answers is the single most visible mistake on this process.

Reconstructed from multiple candidate accounts of recent cycles · last verified 25 August 2026

How to prepare for this one

Insight programmes screen on motivation and awareness more than technical depth, but the online tests and the recorded interview still filter hard.

Practise it, don't just read it

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

HireVue Studio15 minThe recorded video round under real conditions: prep clock, auto-start recording, no second take. Your camera, your browser, nothing uploads.Mental Math Gym2 minSixty seconds of multiplication, percentages, growth and clean division. The arithmetic that comes up live in the room.

Walk in with something

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

Company ProfileFreeCompany one-pager (profile page inputs)About 25 min of your time Meeting PrepFreeMeeting brief: company, people, agenda, questionsAbout 30 min of your time Comps Set BuilderFreeComps universe table + inclusion rationaleAbout 30 min of your time

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