Fidelity International online assessment and interviews
Spring insight programme in London for the 2027 cycle
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Programme and dates
- Spring Insight ProgrammeOfficial:Three days in London, partly online and partly in the office, with stock-picking and case challenges that come with feedbackSources: Employer page, spring insight programme pageEmployer page, spring insight posting for London, 2026 edition
- Who can applyOfficial:Last cycle's posting was for first-years on a three-year degree or second-years on a four-year degree, in any subject, with no UK right to work neededSources: Employer page, spring insight posting for London, 2026 editionEmployer page, spring insight programme page
- Expected about 1 December 2026Status on , reviewed as applications arrive so it can close earlyReported:Not posted on 22 September 2026, and a tracker expects it to open on 1 December, while last cycle closed on 30 January 2026Sources: Employer page, spring insight programme pageTrackrEmployer page, spring insight posting for London, 2026 edition
Dates move, so confirm them on the firm's own careers site before you apply
Every firm on the spring week mapWhat to do this week
- Go to practice for: Draft why investment management in your own words
- Go to practice for: Try ranking five responses to workplace scenarios, untimed
- Go to practice for: Record four strengths answers with 30 seconds to prepare and 2 minutes to speak
- Go to practice for: Follow one fund or market story each week
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Stages in order
- Application formOfficial:An online form with your CV and no cover letter, asking for examples from study, work, volunteering or societiesSources: Employer page, spring insight posting for London, 2026 editionEmployer page, spring insight programme pagePractise for Application form: Motivation answer
- Online assessmentOfficial:Sent automatically when you submit the form, to finish within 5 daysSource: Employer page, spring insight programme pagePractise for Online assessment: SHL-style situational judgementSHL-style numerical reasoning (classic Verify format)SHL-style personality questionnaire (forced-choice triplets)Cappfinity-style situational strengths
- Video interviewOfficial:A short strengths-based video interview, also done within 5 daysSource: Employer page, spring insight programme pagePractise for Video interview: Recorded video interview
Online tests
- Official:You get fewer than 5 days if you apply close to the deadline, which covers finishing the tests as well as applyingSources: Employer page, spring insight programme pageEmployer page, spring insight posting for London, 2026 edition
- Official:The firm's own pages describe it three ways: a neuroscience-based test, strengths-based assessments, or cognitive and personality questionnaires of 20 to 30 minutes with breaks allowedSources: Employer page, spring insight programme pageEmployer page, spring insight posting for London, 2025 editionEmployer page, hiring process page
- Official:A 2027 summer internship posting says the assessments take about 40 minutesSource: Employer page, equity research summer internship posting for London, 2027
- Unverified:The firm names no provider, and two prep sites describe an untimed sitting of 40 to 45 minutes with ranked judgement questions, short numerical and verbal questions and personality slidersSources: Aptitude Test PrepAptitudePrep
- Unverified:The two prep sites disagree on the number of items, 31 against about 25, so the linked practice covers the reported parts one at a time rather than a confirmed formatSources: Aptitude Test PrepAptitudePrep
- Unverified:Prep sites disagree on who runs it: one spring week list names a provider for numerical, judgement and personality tests, while the two sites above name anotherSources: JobTestPrepAptitude Test PrepAptitudePrep
Video interview
- Official:About 15 minutes, with 3 or 4 strengths-based questions after a practice questionSources: Employer page, spring insight programme pageEmployer page, spring insight posting for London, 2026 edition
- Official:If you need extra recording time, ask the early careers team before you startSource: Employer page, spring insight programme page
- Unverified:Whether it's live or recorded is unclear: the practice question suggests recorded, while one candidate describes a short chat about their CV, the role and industry newsSources: Employer page, spring insight programme pageGlassdoor
After the interview
- Official:The spring postings list three steps, the form, the online assessment and the video interview, with no assessment centreSources: Employer page, spring insight posting for London, 2026 editionEmployer page, spring insight posting for London, 2025 edition
- Official:The assessment centre in the firm's FAQs, with interviews, a group exercise and a case study, is for graduate and internship routesSource: Employer page, careers FAQs
- Official:There's no feedback on applications or first interviewsSource: Employer page, careers FAQs
Typical calendar
- Official:Last cycle's posting gave 22 to 24 April 2026 for the programme, still to be confirmed, and closed at 23:55 on 30 January 2026Source: Employer page, spring insight posting for London, 2026 edition
- Official:The 2025 edition ran on 8 to 10 April 2025 and closed on 31 January 2025Source: Employer page, spring insight posting for London, 2025 edition
- Official:You can apply to only one early careers programme in one location per hiring year, and duplicate applications don't progressSource: Employer page, careers FAQs
- Official:The women in investment management spring programme is a separate programme with the same deadline, so you choose one of the twoSources: Employer page, women in investment management spring posting, 2026 editionEmployer page, careers FAQs
Practise this format
- Situational judgementRank actions in workplace scenarios, with no clock
- Numerical reasoningShort chart and table questions
- Verbal reasoningTrue, False or Cannot say on short passages
- Strengths video interview4 questions, 30s prep / 2 min answer, one take each
- Form answersWhy investment management, with examples from study, work or societies
Sources
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
Employer pages
- Fidelity International: Spring insight programme page, live September 2026
- Fidelity International: Spring insight posting for London, 2026 edition, 2025 to 2026 cycle, closed 30 January 2026
- Fidelity International: Spring insight posting for London, 2025 edition, 2024 to 2025 cycle
- Fidelity International: Hiring process page, live September 2026
- Fidelity International: Equity research summer internship posting for London, 2027, live September 2026
- Fidelity International: Careers FAQs, live September 2026
- Fidelity International: Women in investment management spring posting, 2026 edition, 2025 to 2026 cycle
Guides, trackers and prep sites
- Trackr: Spring week timeline for 2027, September 2026, opening dates estimated from earlier cycles
- Aptitude Test Prep: Online assessment overview, April 2026
- AptitudePrep: Online assessment guide, February 2026
- JobTestPrep: Spring week preparation, 2026
- Glassdoor: Spring week interview reviews, February 2025 review, seen September 2026