Undergraduate Associate

This was for the former Undergraduate Associate (UGA) program. The program was intended for RCGs with some experiences to gain experience within the M&E industry, at the time this program was considered very prestigious within M&E, however they got rid of the program and its now just a summer internship (but I hear you get the Disneyland passes now, which at the time we didn't).

I had applied for a summer internship (some role within FP&A) but never got a call, towards the end of my summer I randomly got a call from a recruiter. The recruiter started with where I'm at and what I plan to do next. I mentioned, that I wanted to move away from quant but wanted to stay within finance, and that I was willing to take a semester or two off to do some kind of co-op. The recruiter mentioned that I could be part of the UGA program for two semesters and there are few groups I can interview for, a few days later the recruiter got back to me with some times and which group I'd be interviewing with.

The hiring process was simple - I started with a phone conversation with one of the managers (I interviewed for 3 different groups within finance, strategy and also franchise management), followed by an on-site interview (almost like a super day) where I met with the a few analysts, a few managers and the director of the group (corporate finance and strategy). Got a call the next morning saying I got the job, started a week after I accepted.