Valuation Studios

Spring weeks to internships

The Private Edition

How to land a spring week, and how to turn it into a fast track. Built on what worked for me: four spring weeks and a 2027 internship offer.

  • 10 modules · self-paced
  • Every video includes my own photos and notes
  • Spring week planner, ready-built Claude prompts, CV template, practice questions
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Black and white portrait of Lydia in a black blazer
City of London towers in fog at night, in black and white

How I got 4 of these and a hedge fund internship offer.

What's inside

The end-to-end process in 10 modules.

  • Video
  • Written
  1. Module 00Written

    Start here: the four tracks

    What a spring week is, what it leads to, and the four types: quant, long/short, macro and banks.

  2. Module 01Video

    Applications that get read

    The CV screen: what gets noticed, the one-page template, and what I look for when recruiting for the Oxford Alpha Fund.

  3. Module 02Written

    Quant: math, probability, games

    The pipeline, the four online test types, and the probability from two years of Oxford math that you actually need.

  4. Module 03Written

    Long/short equity: the typical pipeline

    How selection actually works, and how to pitch a stock and talk about markets.

  5. Module 04Written

    Macro: the typical pipeline

    How selection actually works, and how to build a macro view you can test.

  6. Module 05Written

    Banks: the typical pipeline

    How selection actually works, how to have a view on commercial questions, and a ready-built Claude prompt for your HireVue interview.

  7. Module 06Video

    Interviews

    My strategy for deep-researching a firm before interviews, and how to answer the question.

  8. Module 07Video

    Projects worth building

    Why projects matter, the common quant projects by difficulty, and my own projects reviewed on video.

  9. Module 08Video

    On the spring week

    What to do on the day to get fast-tracked, and what actually happened at my spring weeks.

  10. Module 09Written

    After the week: planning for summer

    What a fast track looks like, and what to do next whether you convert or not.

Every video includes my own photos and notes.

Spring week planner

Every program in one table, with your own status, target dates, priority and notes. A weekly goal keeps you applying.

Ready-built Claude prompts

Paste them into Claude with your CV attached. The HireVue prompt builds a question bank for the bank and role you're applying to.

CV template

A one-page template in the WSO-style format, as Word and PDF.

Practice questions

21 timed quant questions with worked answers.

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Questions

Who is the Private Edition for?
Students applying for spring weeks and internships in quant, long/short, macro or banking. Module 0 helps you pick your track.
Are there live sessions, calls or coaching?
No. There are no live sessions, calls, one-to-one coaching or community. It's self-paced: you work through the modules and tools on your own schedule.
Can I cancel?
Access starts as soon as you pay. Before paying, you confirm that you understand this ends your 14-day right to cancel. You'll get that confirmation in your receipt.
How do I sign in?
With a link sent to your email. There are no passwords.