Breaking into Finance in 2026: The Playing Field, and How to Level It
The UK graduate market is the toughest in years, with youth unemployment near 16%. Here's how to level the playing field.
Read guideFinterns pairs you 1:1 with a successful intern or grad: someone who landed the spring week, summer internship or grad scheme you're targeting just a year or two ago, so you walk into this cycle prepared, not guessing.
Breaking into finance shouldn't come down to who you happen to know. Finterns started because the students landing the strongest roles weren't always the smartest in the room. They were the best prepared and the best advised. We exist to give every ambitious student that same advantage.
Every mentor on our platform has recently sat where you're sitting and won the role you want, at bulge-bracket banks, boutiques and trading firms. They know exactly what this cycle's applications, tests and interviews demand, because they did them.
Jy Naha
Cambridge MPhil Finance · Incoming JPMorgan Investment Banking Analyst
I'm a Cambridge MPhil Finance student and an incoming investment banking analyst, with prior experience across infrastructure investment banking. I started Finterns because I know exactly how opaque this process feels from the other side. One well-prepared person in your corner makes all the difference.
You won't be handed to a faceless coach. You'll work with mentors who sat your exact applications a year or two ago and remember every detail of what actually moved the needle.
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Six simple steps from first call to signed offer.
Tell us your target firms, divisions and deadlines.
We pair you with a mentor who's landed your exact role.
A week-by-week roadmap mapped to the application cycle.
CV reviews, mock interviews and honest feedback.
Submit polished, targeted applications on time.
Walk into the role you've been working towards.
Full refund, no questions. If the first session doesn't earn its place, you don't pay for the rest.
We'll rematch you at no cost. The right mentor makes all the difference, so we make sure you get them.
Speaking with someone who had just gone through the same process was incredibly reassuring. They understood exactly what I was dealing with.
They helped me refine my CV, improve my networking (in ways that actually generate replies and referrals), and prepare for interviews using very recent experience which I found extremely valuable.
They have made crucial changes to my CV and outreach strategy that has translated to much better results in such a competitive field. As well as providing guidance from individuals who have the most recent and insightful experience on getting into top firms.
Without the advice that was tailored to me and my applications from Finterns mentoring, I wouldn't have been able to land my internship with Blackstone.
The UK graduate market is the toughest in years, with youth unemployment near 16%. Here's how to level the playing field.
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