Author: Xuan Lin Tan

Global Placement Stories | Mollie Phillips at Lloyds Banking Group as a Credit Risk Analyst

December 19, 2022

Mollie Phillips is a current Chemistry with Biomedicine student at King’s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Mollie Phillips demonstrates how she landed a role outside of her field, and her tips on how to land your desired placement! Tips for securing a placement Start as soon as possible Look at the… More Global Placement Stories | Mollie Phillips at Lloyds Banking Group as a Credit Risk Analyst

Application Season: Worried about summer internships? Read this guide!

December 15, 2022

Recently, the number of students worried about their applications for summer internship deadlines has increased. Whilst it is true that a lot of internships had opened in autumn, there are still a lot of major companies who’s looking for the perfect candidate for summer 2023. I spoke to one of our resident career consultants, Andrea… More Application Season: Worried about summer internships? Read this guide!

Global Placement Stories | Nathan Lutala at Paperplanes UK as a Junior Operations Developer

December 12, 2022

Nathan Lutala is a current Computer Science student at King’s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Nathan Lutala talks about his application process in finding a placement opportunities, and delves into his insights and advice for those looking to do the same! “You should do a placement year.”  Listening to this advice… More Global Placement Stories | Nathan Lutala at Paperplanes UK as a Junior Operations Developer

KCL CaseCoach subscription – get yourself ready for case interviews!

December 6, 2022

As the UK Consulting sector continues to grow, we’re seeing more and more students applying for consulting positions. After perfecting your CV, and going through immersive online assessments and psychometric tests, how can you prepare yourself for a case interview?  King’s College London has partnered with CaseCoach, the leading online case interview prep platform, created… More KCL CaseCoach subscription – get yourself ready for case interviews!

Global Placement Stories | Gunamay Sachdev at Content Guru as an applications engineer

December 5, 2022

Gunamay Sachdev is a current Computer Science student at King’s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Gunamay Sachdev talks about his misconceptions on being a software engineer and what it actually entails. This time last year was vastly different to now. I wasn’t even thinking of doing a year in industry, just… More Global Placement Stories | Gunamay Sachdev at Content Guru as an applications engineer

Competition alert: Interested in consulting? Take part in Accuracy Business Cup!

November 30, 2022

Accuracy, an international consulting firm, is looking for students in their penultimate or final year of studies, who are interested and passionate about international finance and consulting. Form teams of three and partake in the Accuracy Business Cup (ABC), an international business case competition! The UK finals of the ABC will take place in early February… More Competition alert: Interested in consulting? Take part in Accuracy Business Cup!

Global Placement Stories | Alexandru Toma at RazorSecure as a React Developer

November 29, 2022

Alexandru Toma is a current Computer Science student at King’s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Alexandru Toma talks about his time as a React Developer at RazorSecure so far. Why did you want to do a Placement? Many reasons. Quick oversight – getting a degree in whatever domain is a learning… More Global Placement Stories | Alexandru Toma at RazorSecure as a React Developer

Competition alert: Join GSA Capital’s coding challenge!

November 24, 2022

GSA Capital is inviting students at King’s to compete in a coding challenge, starting at 9:00 on 25th of November and ending at 23:59 on 15th of December! With 21 days of exciting challenges, put your mathematics, coding, and raw ability to the test and compete in GSA Spark!  In GSA Capital’s boardroom sits a… More Competition alert: Join GSA Capital’s coding challenge!