(US/UK) How hard is it to break in as an international student?

HI. A bit about myself - I'm currently a first year student, studying maths at Cambridge. I'm more interested in trading/quant roles, but I'm pretty much open to anything I can get my hands on. As a maths student, I don't have much experience navigating the recruitment process in the industry, so I hope I'll get some help here. My concern is - what are my chances of breaking in as an international student? I'm from a Southeast Asian country, and will need visa sponsorship to work in the UK/US (full time, I'm fine for Spring Weeks/Internships etc.). I'm hoping having Cambridge on my CV helps, but I heard its hard to land a job when you need visa sponsorship given that there is so much local talent. What are my chances of landing a "good" trading/quant role out of University in the UK or US, and is there anything I can/should do to maximise my chances, outside of trying to break into the SW->Internship->Full time job path?

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You get a graduate visa upon graduation which lasts for 2 years. It does not require sponsorship.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-you-should-know-visas-youre-interna…;

Aside from this many firms, with the UK now outside of the EU, still continues to hire EU students (which are legally the same as international students) for internships and FT.

You should be fine.

 

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