Discover your dream Career
For Recruiters

"My banking internship ended and 90% of us got offers"

I recently completed my internship in the middle office of a major investment bank in Hong Kong. Despite the fears about converting this year's internships into full time job offers, almost all of us were asked to return full time.

In a normal year, 50% of the interns at the bank I was with received return offers. This year, 90% of us were asked to come back. 

The bank hasn't explained the reason for its generosity with this year's offers, but there are plenty of theories among the interns. Mostly, we think it's because the turnover in the 2021 analyst class was higher than usual and the bank needs to replenish its junior staff. 2021's analysts joined after virtual internships and so were less aware of what they were getting themselves into. A lot of them left as a result. They didn't know what they were walking into. 

It also helped that this year's intern class was smaller than normal.

I'm not sure if other banks also made a lot of offers, but after all the worries that this year's interns wouldn't convert I just want to make it clear that my experience wasn't like that at all.

Click here to create a profile on eFinancialCareers. Make yourself visible to recruiters hiring graduates and interns in financial services. 

Have a confidential story, tip, or comment you’d like to share? Contact: sbutcher@efinancialcareers.com in the first instance. Whatsapp/Signal/Telegram also available (Telegram: @SarahButcher)

Bear with us if you leave a comment at the bottom of this article: all our comments are moderated by human beings. Sometimes these humans might be asleep, or away from their desks, so it may take a while for your comment to appear. Eventually it will – unless it’s offensive or libelous (in which case it won’t.)

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

 

author-card-avatar
AUTHORJiang Hua Insider Comment
  • pb
    pbug56
    17 August 2022

    Maybe it's because Hong Kong is now a full blown part of Communist China and anyone who can and is smart enough is leaving!

Sign up to Morning Coffee!

Coffee mug

The essential daily roundup of news and analysis read by everyone from senior bankers and traders to new recruits.

Boost your career

Find thousands of job opportunities by signing up to eFinancialCareers today.
Recommended Articles
Recommended Jobs
Selby Jennings
Investment Associate - Direct Lending
Selby Jennings
London, United Kingdom
Macdonald & Company
Investment Analyst / Associate
Macdonald & Company
Bexley, United Kingdom
Equity Research Analyst
London, United Kingdom
Deutsche Bank
European Securitisation Research - Associate
Deutsche Bank
London, United Kingdom
Metis Search
FIG Analyst - Global Bulge Bracket Investment Bank
Metis Search
London, United Kingdom

Sign up to Morning Coffee!

Coffee mug

The essential daily roundup of news and analysis read by everyone from senior bankers and traders to new recruits.