Schroders online assessment and interviews
Spring Insight Programme for first-years, with the internship route for context
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The spring page lists only a CV and a form, so the tests and interviews below come from the firm's internship FAQ
Programme and dates
- Spring Insight ProgrammeOfficial:A two-day introduction to investment and wealth management each April, with simulations, case studies and talks from recent graduates and internsSource: Employer page, spring insight programme page
- Who can applyOfficial:First-year undergraduates in any subject, or second-years on four-year degreesSource: Employer page, spring insight programme page
- Expected in January 2027Status on Official:Applications open in January for a two-week window, and no exact date for 2027 was published on 29 September 2026Source: Employer page, spring insight programme page
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: Try a chat-style judgement set once so the format feels familiar
- Go to practice for: Do a 6-minute symbol switch puzzle set
- Go to practice for: Draft why asset management in a few sentences
- Go to practice for: Get your CV ready, as the form asks for it
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Stages in order
- Application formOfficial:Your CV and an online application formSource: Employer page, spring insight programme page
- Online assessmentsOfficial:On the internship route, three online assessments follow the formSource: Employer page, internship and placement year FAQsPractise for Online assessments: Aon-style chat assessmentAon-style switch deduction (switchChallenge)Aon-style workstyles personality (ADEPT-15)
- Video interviewOfficial:On the internship route, a competency-based video interview for those who pass the assessmentsSource: Employer page, internship and placement year FAQs
- Assessment centreOfficial:On the internship route, held between November and February with at least a week's noticeSource: Employer page, internship and placement year FAQs
Online tests
- Official:The internship FAQ names a gamified chat-style judgement test, a deductive-logical thinking test and a work-styles personality questionnaireSource: Employer page, internship and placement year FAQs
- Unverified:The spring page lists only a CV and a form, so whether spring applicants sit the same assessments is unconfirmedSources: Employer page, spring insight programme pageJobTestPrep
- Unverified:One prep site lists the same provider's tests for the spring programmeSource: JobTestPrep
- Official:The graduate FAQ still describes a different battery: an untimed 20-minute cognitive test, a 20-minute questionnaire and 30 minutes of workplace scenariosSource: Employer page, graduate FAQs
- Reported:A prep site notes that the graduate FAQ names no providerSource: Game Assessment Prep
Video interview
- Official:The internship FAQ doesn't give the number of questions or the timingsSource: Employer page, internship and placement year FAQs
- Official:On the graduate route a short recorded answer sits inside the workplace scenarios insteadSource: Employer page, graduate FAQs
Assessment centre
- Official:The graduate assessment centre has a group activity, a short presentation and an interviewSource: Employer page, graduate FAQs
- Official:Offers follow the assessment centre on the internship routeSource: Employer page, internship and placement year FAQs
Typical calendar
- Official:The spring programme runs over two days each AprilSource: Employer page, spring insight programme page
- Unverified:A tracker estimates about 3 March 2027, later than the January window on the firm's own pageSource: Trackr
- Reported:In September 2026 two trackers listed 28 August as the opening date for 2027 summer internshipsSources: IntervyoJobortunity
- Official:Internship applications open each September and are reviewed on a rolling basisSource: Employer page, internship and placement year FAQs
Practise this format
- Situational judgementChoose actions in workplace scenarios
- Logic puzzlesRules, sequences and grids against the clock
- Recorded video interviewCompetency answers you watch back on your device
- Motivation answerWhy asset management and why this firm, in a few sentences
- Group exerciseWhat assessors look for and useful things to say
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
- Schroders: Spring insight programme page, live September 2026
- Schroders: Internship and placement year FAQs, live September 2026
- Schroders: Graduate FAQs, live September 2026
Guides, trackers and prep sites
- JobTestPrep: Spring week preparation, 2026
- Game Assessment Prep: Process summary, reviewed September 2026
- Trackr: Spring week timeline for 2027, September 2026, opening dates estimated from earlier cycles
- Intervyo: UK finance application tracker, snapshot from mid-September 2026, dates shown without years
- Jobortunity: UK finance summer internship tracker, updated 11 September 2026