Summer Intern

The firm came to my school to do a presentation on investments / giving an information session and it happen to look for summer interns as well. It only looks to hire 2~3 interns for the summer and they will be either from Singapore Management University or London Cass Business School. 1 of the slots will be held for the winner of the competition of an essay writing competition which is held by the company on the topic of wealth management. I was contacted by the secretary of the interviewer about 1~2 months after my resume drop to arrange for the actual interview which was 1 week later. I had asked for an unpaid internship but was given an actual interview instead. The interviewer I had was very experienced in the finance fields and asked questions based on my interest (investment banking) and discussed about it, together with some fit questions. The interview wasn't great at the start as it seems to me that I had irritated the interviewer when I expressed my interest in investment banking, which is different from asset management. However, things picked up halfway through the interview and went quite well when I started asking him more questions. However, I did not get the offer as they have other candidates as well (juniors/seniors) which they can recruit and convert it into a full-time. In overall, both the interviewer and I spoke a lot. It was a great experience and it lasted 35 mins.