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Spring Insight Programme in London for the 2027 cycle

Last checked 29 September 2026

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The firm's own list of hiring steps has no video interview, so that stage rests on guides

Programme and dates

Spring Insight ProgrammeOfficial:Four days on site in London with job shadowing and mentoring, and doing well can lead to a summer internshipSource: Employer page, pre-internship programmes
Who can applyOfficial:First-years on three-year degrees or second-years on four-year degrees, whether you study in the UK or abroadSource: Employer page, pre-internship programmes
Expected about 27 October 2026Status on 29 September 2026Reported:The firm says applications open in October or November, and on 29 September 2026 a tracker expected about 27 OctoberSources: Employer page, pre-internship programmes Trackr

Dates move, so confirm them on the firm's own careers site before you apply

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Online applicationUnverified:An application through the firm's online portal, where one guide reports three motivation answers of up to 300 words each and an optional cover letterSources: Employer page, early careers hiring steps Employer page, early careers landing page OurGenPractise for Online application: Motivation answer
Skills discovery surveyOfficial:For EMEA programmes the assessment step is a skills discovery surveySource: Employer page, early careers hiring stepsPractise for Skills discovery survey: Plum-style discovery survey
Video interviewUnverified:Guides describe a recorded video interview after the survey, though the firm's own list of steps doesn't include oneSources: Fintern GraduatesFirst Employer page, early careers hiring steps
One-to-one interviewOfficial:If selected, an interview on your background and how your aims fit the firm'sSource: Employer page, early careers hiring steps
Final stageOfficial:Depending on programme and location, several interviews, an assessment or a case study exerciseSource: Employer page, early careers hiring steps

Official:The firm doesn't publish the survey's format, length or deadlineSource: Employer page, early careers hiring steps
Reported:Two prep sites describe an untimed survey of about 25 minutes on your priorities, pattern puzzles, how you describe yourself and how you work with othersSources: JobTestPrep AptitudePrep
Unverified:One prep site counts 20 statements to rank, 5 pattern puzzles and 7 questions about how you behave, with 5 days to finishSource: JobTestPrep
Unverified:Older guides describe timed numerical and logical tests instead, which the firm's current steps don't mentionSources: GraduatesFirst Fintern

Official:The firm's early careers steps go from the assessment straight to a one-to-one interviewSource: Employer page, early careers hiring steps
Unverified:One guide describes four or five recorded questions of about 2 minutes each, on motivation, influencing people, learning fast and a markets or deals topicSource: Fintern
Unverified:Another guide describes five to eight questions over 25 to 30 minutesSource: GraduatesFirst

Official:Offers come through your recruiter, who explains the detailsSource: Employer page, early careers hiring steps
Unverified:One guide describes a half-day with a competency interview and a divisional interview on your CV and chosen trackSource: Fintern
Unverified:One prep site describes up to two competency interviews of about 40 minutes and, for some divisions, group and individual case studiesSource: JobTestPrep

Official:The programme starts in March or around Easter, with applications in October and NovemberSource: Employer page, pre-internship programmes
Official:Separate first-year insight programmes run with the firm's social mobility and Black heritage networks, with their own windows in March and in November or DecemberSource: Employer page, pre-internship programmes

Details change between recruitment cycles, so your invite and the employer's own pages have the final word

Official:: The employer or organisation says it on its own website or in its own documents
Reported:: From surveys, news, candidate reports or prep sites, not the employer's own pages
Unverified:: Sources disagree or the evidence is thin, so treat it as a possibility

Trackr: Spring week timeline for 2027, September 2026, opening dates estimated from earlier cycles
OurGen: Spring week guide, 2026, seen September 2026
Fintern: Spring insight guide, July 2026
GraduatesFirst: Recruitment process guide, updated 13 October 2025
JobTestPrep: Assessment guide, 2026
AptitudePrep: Discovery questionnaire guide, 21 August 2026