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Thrive as an Intern

Let’s Excel!

Learn how to operate like a reliable, high-performing IB intern — the kind that analysts trust, associates rely on, and teams want to give a return offer to.

This course is based on my tenure as intern mentor, line manager, and staffer where I saw first-hand what separates top-bucket performers from everyone else.

 

Who This Course Is For

  • Interns who want to feel fully prepared from day one

  • Students who want to avoid rookie mistakes and build confidence early
  • Candidates who aim for a strong return offer trajectory
  • Anyone who wants to understand how analysts actually judge intern performance

Who This Course Is NOT For

  • ❌   Anyone expecting generic theory — everything here is practical and applied

  • ❌   People hoping internship success comes from long hours alone — this course is about behaviour, communication, and execution

  • ❌   Students looking for IB technicals (take Master the Technicals instead)

What You’ll Learn

This course gives you the practical skills and habits analysts expect from high-performing interns: communication, workload management, quality control, proactivity, team dynamics, and more.

You’ll learn what to do, how to do it, and exactly how to avoid mistakes that quietly kill return offers.

Communication Essentials

Learn the communication standards — short, structured, and reliable.

  • The communication formula: context → ask → deadline
  • How to communicate professionally
  • Delay messages that build trust (not excuses)
  • The habits that build trust from day one

Productivity & Workload Management

Operate with clarity — even on busy days.
  • Prioritisation using urgency × effort × decision tre)

  • When to outsource — and when not to

  • Inbox, task lists, and workflow systems 
  • Excel + PowerPoint Shortcuts that you should know (and how to set them up)
  • How to "manage up" and avoid drowning

Attention to Detail (Quality Control Framework)

The skill that most directly determines whether analysts trust you.

  • How to review slides like a senior (titles, flow, structure)
  • PDF checks, formatting discipline, version control
  • Catching mistakes before analysts do
  • The final checklist you should run before sending anything

Proactivity & Support

High-performing interns don’t wait — they pre-empt.

  • How to be useful without overstepping
  • How and when to be proactive
  • How to log and track workstreams
  • How to keep things moving (and avoid being a burden)

Organisation & Version Management

The systems that keep you organised, consistent, and error free — even under pressure.

  • File naming and versioning that keep you error free
  • How to maintain clean, structured folders
  • Handling markups (digital + handwritten) without losing track

Team Dynamics, Social Capital & Professional Presence

While technical skills might open the doors — your behaviour gets you the return offer.

  • How bankers form their impressions
  • Social capital: building trust without trying too hard
  • Reading team dynamics and adapting
  • Smart ways to ask for feedback
  • Absorbing feedback and rapid learning loops

Top-Bucket Behaviours

The patterns shared by interns who consistently outperform.

  • The mindset of reliable, scalable interns
  • Micro-habits that analysts notice instantly
  • Behaviours that build long-term trust

Return Offer Strategy

Know exactly how to position yourself as a clear “Strong Yes” in the evaluation process.

  • What analysts actually evaluate
  • The real (not official) decision-making process
  • Offer killers to avoid
  • Behaviours that position you for a "Strong recommend"

Meet Your Instructor

I’ve trained dozens of interns, recruited candidates, staffed teams, coached students from HSG and Bocconi, and built the development program at UBS for Swiss interns. My teaching style is practical and structured — exactly what I wished I had when I started.

How The Course Is Taught

  • Clean whiteboard explanations

  • Simple visuals to support understanding

  • Real recruiting and banking examples

  • Practical, structured delivery — not academic theory

Direct. Structured. Practical.

What’s Included

  • Lifetime access

  • Clean whiteboard explanations
  • Simple visuals to support understanding
  • Real recruiting and banking examples
  • Practical, structured delivery — not academic theory
  • Excel exercises, solution walkthroughs and online quizzes
  • 7 day money back guarantee if it’s not the right fit
  • Certificate of completion

Let's Excel

Let's Excel

Or consider the full bundle if you want the complete IB preparation path:

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Nico Schwarz
📞 +41 79 128 90 10
✉️ [email protected]