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I'm in a pretty interesting position where it makes sense for me to apply for both Spring and Summers at places i'd like to work, so I have two questions.

(1)  Will I get caught for applying to both Spring and Summers at the same place in the same year?

If I can't do this,

My strategy is to apply for springs at firms with known high conversion rates (Spring to summer) and apply for summers everywhere else.

(2)  Which Banks in London have the best spring to summer conversion rates?

Cheers

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  1. Do not apply for springs and summers in the same year at the same bank. HR will probably just ding you twice

  2. Off the top my head Barclays and Citi have the highest (and easiest) conversion rates. Places like Laz and Roths also get basically their entire summer intake from springs but conversion isn’t necessarily easy. Spring conversions as a whole this year seemed to be pickier than previous years
 

Just go smurf in the spring week cycle bro. If you are considering applying to both - you are not ready / unlikely to get many summers in IBD

 
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I'd agree with the takes on spring week / summer applications.

On conversion rate:

1) Well done if you have the luxury of choosing among multiple offers (especially if those multiple offers allow you to use the specific names people on this forum might recommend);

2) Maybe things have changed but I don't think there's any meaningful relationship between bank and conversion rate over time (in a single year sure, but not something to take a major decision on); HR typically has a model of headcount needs for the coming years, and hires enough interns in year X to serve the needs of X+1 intake requirements, taking into account typical intern performance, likely attrition rates, etc. If you want, you can hypothesise that BBs will have the  lowest attrition rates (GS interns that get offers don't typically re-apply to Nomura, but the reverse is true). And therefore T2 / T3 banks will have higher return offer rates. 

 

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