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- 315,126 internship applications
- 2,600 places
- 0.9% hire rate (lower than Harvard's 3.6% acceptance rate)
- 121 people per seat
J.P.Morgan
- 493,000 applications
- 4,000 spots
- 123 people per seat
Morgan
Stanley
- 57,000 applications
- 245 places
- 0.43% AR
- 329 people per seat
CITADEL
- 115,000 applicants
- 350 places
- 0.36% AR
- 329 people per seat
McKinsey
& Company
- 200,000 applications
- 2,000 places
- 0.91% AR
- 100 people per seat
Blackstone
- 14,906 applications
- 86 junior places
- 0.6% AR
- 173 people per seat
There was an average of
140 applications per grad
vacancy in 2025
140 people per place
That's a whole lecture hall
of people you're
competing with
All for just one role
But there a bigger
picture
For every industry there
is a Iceberg
You only see the big firms
everyone applies to
But there's 5.67 million
private companies in the UK
99.85% of companies in any
industry are SMEs (under 50
person headcount)
The the UK
M&A advisorys: 1,127 firms
AM:
2,600 firms
Fintechs:
4,400 firms
VC and PE funds:
547 firms
Consultancies: 180,351 firms
Accountancies: 35,000 firms
Financial advisers: 4,778 firms
Startups:
1,074 firms
Networking/cold emailing is
really the only way to meet
these firms
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No 1000 applications, just your
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