1. Finding an Internship
“How would you describe an elephant to someone who had never seen one before?”

2. Finding an internship
Increasingly recognised route to secure job offer before completing degree
Larger (financial) employers often offer a variety of placements

3. Finding an internship
Increasingly recognised route to secure job offer before completing degree
Larger (financial) employers often offer a variety of placements
Short term experience after first year at university
Longer (paid) placement after second year

4. Finding an internship
Increasingly recognised route to secure job offer before completing degree
Larger (financial) employers often offer a variety of placements
Short term experience after first year at university
Longer (paid) placement after second year
Successful internship can lead to early job offer conditional on good degree (2:1 or 1st expected)

5. Selection Process Very competitive
Start looking at websites and apply early!

6. Selection Process Very competitive
Start looking at websites and apply early!
Can be lengthy process
Online application
Numeracy and situational skills assessments
Telephone and/or online interview
Day at assessment centre, including team based activities
Face to face interview

7. What are employers looking for?
How could you start to prepare already?
What experiences will make you stand out from the crowd?

8. What are employers looking for?
How could you start to prepare already?
What experiences will make you stand out from the crowd?
Are you ready to answer difficult questions?
How can you look for opportunities to practice for this?

9. What are employers looking for?
How could you start to prepare already?
What experiences will make you stand out from the crowd?
Are you ready to answer difficult questions?
How can you look for opportunities to practice for this?
Non-academic life has more of a focus
No right answer – it’s more about being able to answer!

10. You can expect the more usual
Why this career?
Why this company?

11. You can expect the more usual
Why this career?
Why this company?
What’s your career plan?

12. You can expect the more usual
Why this career?
Why this company?
What’s your career plan?
What do you think you’ll be doing when you start?

13. More often need…… Quality Resilience Building relationships Leadership
Task management
Problem solving

14. Give me examples of how you have delivered quality results

15. Resilience Evidence of - working under pressure - determination - working where the goals or objectives are constantly changing

16. Building relationships Give an example of - a situation where someone disagreed with you and how you dealt with this - providing emotional or moral support to a team member

17. Leadership Give an example of - when you taught someone something and delivered constructive feedback - a time you had to make a tough decision

18. Task management How do you deal with managing a heavy workload or conflicting priorities? Describe a time you have delegated How do you keep motivated in repetitive tasks?

19. Problem solving Have you had a recent problem where old solutions wouldn’t work? How did you solve it? Describe a time when you have presented complex information in a comprehensible form.

20. And finally – start getting a business awareness!
Companies who could further develop their business. How?
Companies that are fast growing – what could they do next?
Keep up with business news, reading websites and articles in the Economist etc

21. A final question
“If you could be a cartoon character, who would you be and why?”