For those looking for spring weeks and summer internships there are some useful resources that the LSESU BIG society create for public access.
This is the excel tracker for keeping up to date with when opportunites are released and when they close.
This is the spring week guide which helps you curate your CV and Cover letter effectively to maximise your chances.
Key takeaways when applying:
- Make sure to apply early, these applications opperate on a rolling basis so applying early maximises your chances.
- Create a template for your CVs and Cover Letters this way you will only have a change a paragraph or two when personalising your application to the specific firms.
- Make sure to practise plenty for the online tests (helpful websites are JobTestPrep)
- Practise for Hirevues, you can simply just find a friend and ask them to ask general competency based questions.
- Remember for spring weeks you are not expected to have much techincal knowledge however you must display your passion for the industry.
- Getting a spring week or internship is a numbers game so make sure to apply to as many as possible.
- Most importantly become comfortable with rejections, of course it’s dissapointing but a lot of these opportunities are extremely competetive and after all you only need one offer so keep applying!