Spring week advice

at LSE get into BIG, Trading, Private Equity and stay clear of Mr. 9 Spring Weeks. Also get under some diversity quota or do a work experience/shadowing at a boutique/search fund internship and you'll be fine. 

try and prep for some easy common brain teasers and just hone on why ib and the firm and you should be good to go. 

Just go to LSE and don’t look back

1. Get into LSE - Not only will this help you with spring weeks; It’s a better name and will land you more summer internships come second year. Bristol is still good but not same level
   
   
2. Stay informed with a tracker - Trackr (formerly Bristol Tracker) is the best. You can’t get spring weeks if you don’t know when they open. Most are rolling meaning first come first serve.
   
   
3. Perfect your CV - Don’t want your application thrown out before you have a chance to impress them
   
   
4. Prepare HireVue answers - Don’t memorise, but prepare and use STAR framework.
   
   
5. Network - May not help much for Spring Weeks because strongly led by HR but will help to start and MAINTAIN relationships for second year internship applications
   
   It does not matter if you don’t get Spring Weeks offers. What matters is you constantly improve throughout the application process. This will put you in a MUCH better position for second year internship applications which can give return offers.