How to Shine in the Assessment Centre

Understand what an assessment centre really is, how each exercise works - group case study, individual interviews, individual case study, networking - and the best practices that separate the candidates who receive an offer from the ones who almost did

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This course is for candidates applying for a summer internship in investment banking

9 vidéos

Course objectives

Understand exactly what happens at an assessment centre: the different exercises, what exactly is being evaluated, and how to stand out
Master the group case study: how to contribute visibly without dominating, the roles to play so that assessors remember you for the right reasons
Deliver in the individual exercises: structure your individual case study under time pressure and handle interviews when they come mid-day, between other tests
Network decisively: learn how to leverage on your network and make the best use of every interaction in order to secure a clear edge when it comes to decision time

Plan du cours

Présentation du cours

Master the final round of the investment banking process

The assessment centre is where investment banking recruitment gets decided – a Super Day where the bank observes you across formats that no classic interview covers: working a case in a group, presenting alone under time pressure, holding your level across several back-to-back interviews, and behaving like a future colleague during breakfast and lunch. It is also the round candidates prepare least for, because so little concrete information circulates about what actually happens inside.

This course closes that gap. We take you through the different elements of an assessment centre: the group case study and the behaviours assessors actually score, the individual case study and examples of topics, the interviews and how to stay sharp in the middle of a demanding day, networking – because the entire session is an extended networking experience – and the on-site verification of your online tests. Each lesson focuses on best practices: not just what the exercise is, but what the candidates who get offers do differently in it.

The course closes with a dataroom of interview reports – real assessment centre days recounted by candidates – so you can see exactly what past candidates have faced at specific banks, and walk into your own final round already knowing the terrain.

The offer is decided at the assessment centre. Arrive as the candidate who came prepared for every exercise.

Cours dispensé par un ancien banquier M&A de Lazard

Guillaume Pommier est ancien analyste M&A chez Lazard au sein de l’équipe TMT. Il réalise des stages en M&A chez Pramex International et Deutsche Bank avant de rejoindre l’une des banques d’affaires les plus exigeantes du marché.

Co-fondateur de Training You, il accompagne depuis plus de 7 ans des étudiants dans leur préparation aux entretiens. Il a conçu les cours de M&A, Private Equity et Venture Capital, en transmettant les standards techniques et les attentes des recruteurs en finance d’entreprise. Il est également l’hôte des podcasts Career Insights et Choose Your Career, où il échange avec des professionnels de la finance et du conseil.