GLOBAL BANKING EMEA
GRADUATE PROGRAMME 2023
Make your mark at BNP Paribas CIB!
We offer two options to specialise within Global Banking:
Corporate Clients | Investment Banking
A programme built on three pillars
1. Job rotations and international exposure
- A 12-month programme with two rotations of five or six months each
- One international rotation to another BNP Paribas European platform
- Immersion in two different business lines to expand your skillset
2. Learning and networking
- Benefit from our solid training path combining technical and soft skills
- Foster a valuable pan-European cross-business experience across BNP Paribas investment banking or corporate clients activities
- Be part of a group of international talents
3. Career development support
- Gain valuable skills and experience
- You will be assigned a buddy from day one
- Each intake is sponsored by a senior leader
- Dedicated career support from HR
- Pathways to senior Global Banking roles
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Your journey as…
a Corporate Clients Graduate
Onboarding in July 2024
- Start with a two-week induction in our training centre in Paris
- Choose a specialism, Coverage or Transaction Banking, which include assignments in Cash management, Trade, Liquidity & Investment Solutions, where you will start your rotation
- Continue with your second six-month rotation and discover another European country and business activity (Transaction Banking or Corporate Coverage depending on your first rotation)
- At the end of the programme, you will return to your hiring country and first activity, and continue your journey within the Bank
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an Investment Banking Graduate
Onboarding in July 2024
- Benefit from our Investment Banking Academy with a two-week induction in Paris
- Spend your first six-month rotation within your chosen activity (Mergers & Acquisitions / Advisory or a capital raising activity, such as Debt Markets, or Real Assets, etc.)
- Spend at least one rotation in our Paris HQ
- For your second rotation, you will move to another country and start your assignment focused on a different investment banking activity
- At the end of the programme, you will return to your hiring country and initial activity, and continue your journey within the Bank
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We hire graduates based in a number of different countries
104
graduates
17
nationalities
48+
universities represented
Learn more about our Investment Banking Academy
Meet Our Graduates – Global Banking Graduate Programme
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Who can apply?
Students with a corporate finance background and a maximum of two years’ experience post-graduation.
Not quite ready for our graduate programme?
Explore our internships opportunities, offering a chance to explore careers in finance, with the possibility to progress to a full-time role on one of our graduate programmes.
Our recruitment process
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Online application
Recruitment starts approximately six months before
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HR assessment
Individual interviews and group tests
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Technical assessment
Interviews focused on technical topics including case studies and Q&As
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Interviews with seniors
Motivation interviews with senior experts from Investment Banking or Corporate Clients environment