By Andre Atallah, CEO of EP Advisory
Investment Banking Analyst · London · 2027 programme
Closes 1 Nov 2026Closed. Deadline was set for 1 Nov
Short answer: You apply online with a CV and J.P. Morgan’s application questions, and no cover letter. If you advance, you get a required HireVue video interview by email. Round 2 is live interviews, virtual and/or in person. Both London routes, full-time and the summer internship, close on 1 November 2026. Review is rolling and places can fill sooner, so apply early.This year’s London ads, full-time and the summer internship, have closed. The deadline was set for 1 November 2026.
Where are you now?
Independent guide. EP Advisory is not affiliated with J.P. Morgan.
J.P. Morgan’s 2027 Global Investment Banking Analyst Program has two London routes: a full-time analyst job and a summer internship. Both use the same process: an application, a HireVue video interview, then live interviews.
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Your route to an offer
Pick your stage and tick each step when done. Dates are from J.P. Morgan’s 2027 ads. Prep times are our suggestions.
1. Apply: closes 1 Nov 20261. Apply: this year’s ads have closed
A CV and the application questions, no cover letter. Prep 1 to 2 days. Review is rolling, so places can fill early.Applications were due by 1 November 2026.
2. HireVue: due date in your invite
A required, recorded video interview. Prep about 1 week.
3. Interviews: dates not published
Live interviews, virtual and/or in person. Prep 2 to 3 weeks. Their number, length and depth are not published.
4. Offer: timing not published
The decision comes by email. J.P. Morgan does not say when.
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The programme at a glance
Two routes, one office, one deadline. If J.P. Morgan has not published something, we say so.
1 Nov 2026
Deadline for both London routesApplications were due by this date
London
25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf
2:1
Required for summer, preferred full-time
Any subject
Degree
9 weeks
Summer internship
Not published
Salary and start date
Full-time analyst
For students graduating between May and October 2027.
Summer internship
For students graduating in 2028. Top performers may receive a 2028 analyst offer.
Where these facts come from
- The ads. The full-time ad and the summer ad, checked on 14 October 2026. Analysts join “Coverage, Advisory, or Capital Markets teams”.
- Summer. The “nine-week program kicks off with five days of orientation and training”.
- Subject. “We welcome students from all academic backgrounds and disciplines” (J.P. Morgan FAQs).
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What J.P. Morgan looks for
The ads list skills, not a finance degree. Show each one with proof on your CV and in your answers.
Analytical skills
Show it by: a result with numbers, or a model you built.
Teamwork
Show it by: a group project and your part in it.
Resilience
Show it by: a setback and what you changed.
Communication
Show it by: something you presented or explained.
New ideas
Show it by: something you started or improved.
Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Show it by: naming what you made with them.
What J.P. Morgan says, in its own words
- The ads. “Excellent analytical, quantitative and interpretative skills”. “Being adaptable, flexible and resilient”. “Fluency in English”.
- The programme page. “Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills” and “innovative ideas and entrepreneurial qualities” (full-time programme).
- Beyond grades. The summer ad wants to know “the things that make you, you”.
04/10Stage 1 · Apply
How to apply
Your CV and answers carry the first screen. J.P. Morgan reviews them as they arrive.
1
Apply online
CV and application questions
2
Review
Against the required qualifications
3
HireVue
If you advance, by email
4
Interviews
Round 2, live
More on the form, edits and how many to send
- The form. The ads ask for your resume and “all relevant application questions”. J.P. Morgan does not publish the questions. No cover letter is asked for.
- No edits. To fix a submitted application, withdraw it and apply again with a new profile and email address (FAQs).
- How many. “We recommend you focus on no more than three summer internship program applications.”
Your CV: do and don’t
Do
“Built a five-year cash flow model for a society’s £12,000 budget”
Lead with your degree and grades. Give each role a result with a number.
Don’t
“Proficient in Microsoft Office”
A claim with no proof. Say what you built.
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Missed the deadline? Your options
- Other EMEA banking internships. Off-cycle roles in Stockholm, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Paris and Zurich close on 6 November 2026. Check each ad’s rules.Off-cycle roles in Stockholm, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Paris and Zurich have closed. Their deadline was set for 6 November 2026.
- London. No London investment banking off-cycle role was listed when we checked on 14 October 2026.Check J.P. Morgan’s job site for a London investment banking off-cycle role. Global Markets, Sales and Global Corporate Banking internships also close on 1 November.Global Markets, Sales and Global Corporate Banking internships have closed too. Their deadline was set for 1 November.
- Graduating in 2029? Spring Insights in London closes on 1 November 2026, one stream per person.Spring Insights in London has closed. Its deadline was set for 1 November 2026. Influence & Execute is the closest to banking by its description.
- Later. Reapply in a later year if eligible. Join the Talent Network to hear about new roles.
05/10Stage 2 · HireVue
The J.P. Morgan HireVue
J.P. Morgan’s only test for this role is a HireVue video interview. It is required. You record answers on screen, with no one live on the call.
5 to 8
Questions in most HireVue videos
30 sec
Prep time at most banks, reported
90-120 sec
Answer time at most banks, reported
The question count is from HireVue’s FAQ. The bank timings are what eFinancialCareers reports. J.P. Morgan publishes none of its settings. Your invite shows them.
Step through the HireVue
HireVue video interview: required
Welcome and device check
Read how many questions there are, how long it takes and the due date, then let the page check your camera and microphone. Employers set their own version, so yours may differ.
Practise first
Answer a practice question in Practice Mode, then watch it back to check you can be seen and heard before you start the real interview.
Read the question while prep time runs
Read the question while the prep timer runs down, and click Start Recording when you are ready or wait for the timer to end.
Record your answer
After a 3-second countdown your answer records while the response timer runs, and you click Done Answering to finish early.
The end
When you finish you see Interview Received, and if you were cut off you can resume from your last unanswered question.
Your moves
- Use the practice questions to check light, sound and framing.
- Use prep time to pick one story, not to write a script.
- Press Done Answering once your point is made.
Our own simplified drawings of each screen, not screenshots. Numbers on them are examples, not J.P. Morgan’s settings.
The rules: allowed and banned
Allowed
- Practice questions, as often as you like
- A camera and microphone check first
- Extra time, if you request it
Banned
- Reading off notes or pre-written documents
- Software that generates your answers
- Examples that are not your own
- Making up or exaggerating
The banned list is from J.P. Morgan’s Digital Handbook, pages 16 to 19. It calls the HireVue its first-round interview. Some HireVue tips allow notes, but J.P. Morgan’s rule wins.
On the day: settings, device and scoring
- Settings. Each employer chooses. HireVue allows 0 to 5 minutes of prep, 30 seconds to 15 minutes per answer, and 1 to 5 attempts, or unlimited. Set aside 45 minutes.
- Device. You need a camera, a microphone, business attire and a quiet space. HireVue recommends Chrome and does not support Chromebooks.
- No going back. Everyone gets the same questions. Once you submit an answer, you cannot return to it. If your connection drops, you pick up where you left off.
- AI scoring. J.P. Morgan does not say if it uses it. Where used, HireVue scores only what you say, not your face, background or tone. You can opt out, and then recruiters review your answers.
- Deadline. The link expires after the due date. J.P. Morgan says “many assessments may not be retaken for a designated timeframe”.
Practise the reported questions
eFinancialCareers reports these eight J.P. Morgan HireVue questions, from candidates’ own posts online. J.P. Morgan has not confirmed them. The notes and answers are ours.
Markets
“Tell us about a recent piece of news that you read about that affects the business division you are applying to.”
What they’re testing: whether you follow clients’ news.
Show a strong answer
- One story from the past month: what happened, why it matters to clients, what you would watch next.
Motivation
“What motivates you?”
What they’re testing: drive that fits long, detailed work.
Show a strong answer
- One motive, one short example, then a link to the analyst job.
Persistence
“Tell me about a time when you were challenged to be persistent to reach an important goal. What obstacles did you face? How did you overcome them?”
What they’re testing: resilience.
Show a strong answer
- Use SHER. Name the hurdle, give two things you did, then what you learned.
New ideas
“Tell me about a time when you produced an innovative strategy for a unique problem. Describe the situation, your actions, and the outcome of the situation.”
What they’re testing: fresh thinking with a result.
Show a strong answer
- Why the usual way failed, what you did instead, and the result in numbers.
Integrity
“Tell me about a time when you did the right thing, even when it was difficult.”
What they’re testing: judgement under pressure.
Show a strong answer
- A real choice that cost you something. Say what you weighed and what happened.
Analysis
“How do you handle information and break it down?”
What they’re testing: a clear method.
Show a strong answer
- Your steps: gather, sort, check. Then one short example.
Humility
“When was a time you showed humility?”
What they’re testing: whether you take feedback.
Show a strong answer
- A time you asked for help or credited others, and what you changed.
Results
“Talk about a time you solved a business problem and got a result.”
What they’re testing: business sense.
Show a strong answer
- A problem with money, time or customers at stake. End with the result in numbers.
Go further: the best outside help
Our own picks, checked on 14 October 2026. We are not linked to any of these sites and earn nothing from them.
From HireVue and J.P. Morgan
- Practise inside your HireVue inviteHireVue candidate FAQ · practice is in your inviteThree practice questions you can redo before the real one.Free
- J.P. Morgan Digital HandbookJ.P. Morgan · PDF · pages 16 to 19Calls the HireVue round 1 and lists what not to do.Free
Read
- Banking HireVue interviews: what they’ll ask youeFinancialCareers · 9 Sep 2026 · 6 min readQuestions applicants report for several banks. Practise the type, not a script.Free
- How long you get to answer a bank HireVueeFinancialCareers · 14 Jan 2025Typical bank timings, so you can practise to the clock.Free
Skip “real question” packs and live AI answer tools. J.P. Morgan bans software that writes answers while you interview.
Next: J.P. Morgan’s banking route has no aptitude test. If other employers on your list use one, prepare with our guide to psychometric and logic tests.
06/10Stage 3 · Interviews
J.P. Morgan interviews
Round 2 is live interviews with several people. J.P. Morgan does not publish how many, how long, or how technical they are.
FitYour stories and motivation
Why banking · Why J.P. Morgan · Setbacks
TechnicalCoaches say
Accounting · Valuation · DCF · Deals
Coaches say: expect your story, fit, deals and markets, and technical questions. Brain teasers are rare.
J.P. Morgan: “There can be multiple interviews in this round. They are held virtually and/or in person, depending on the program” (Digital Handbook). Studying abroad? Expect Zoom. Coaches call this round a superday. J.P. Morgan does not.
J.P. Morgan’s own rules: do and don’t
- Do. Know why you chose this role and what you add. Prepare two questions. Pause before you answer. Be ready to take notes.
- Don’t. Never read off notes or pre-written documents. Never use software to generate answers, unless invited to. Use only your own examples, and never exaggerate.
- Stuck? Admit what you don’t know. J.P. Morgan says that beats trying “to bluff your way through”.
How to answer: J.P. Morgan’s SHER frame
The handbook gives its own frame. Build each story in four parts:
Situation
“What was happening?”
Hurdle
“What obstacles did you encounter?”
Endgame
“What actions did you take to navigate those obstacles?”
Reflection
“What did this process teach you?”
Follow-ups to rehearse
What exactly did you do?What would you change?Why J.P. Morgan?
The handbook’s shorter frame is Context, Action, Result. The follow-ups are ours.
See our guides on how to pass a job interview and the toughest interview questions.
Practise: one question at a time
Fit questions
Common fit questions, as coaches list them. The notes and answers are ours.
Your story
Walk me through your CV.
What they’re testing: a short story that ends at banking.
Show a strong answer
- Two minutes, in time order. Two or three moments that led you here, then why now.
Motivation
Why investment banking?
What they’re testing: that you know the analyst job.
Show a strong answer
- Name the work: models, client presentations, live deals. Link it to something you enjoyed doing.
Motivation
Why J.P. Morgan?
What they’re testing: research, not praise.
Show a strong answer
- Name a team that fits you, plus one thing you learned from its people.
Setback
Tell me about a time you failed.
What they’re testing: honesty and resilience.
Show a strong answer
- A real failure that was your fault. Spend most of the time on what you changed.
Markets
Tell me about a recent deal you followed.
What they’re testing: real interest in the work.
Show a strong answer
- Who bought what, for roughly how much, why, and one risk.
Technical questions
Coaches say learn these first, in this order (Mergers & Inquisitions). J.P. Morgan publishes no syllabus. The answers are our short versions.
Accounting
Walk me through the three financial statements.
What they’re testing: how they link.
Show a strong answer
- The income statement ends in net income. The cash flow statement starts there, adjusts for non-cash items and working capital, and ends with the change in cash. The balance sheet holds cash and equity, so it balances.
Accounting
Depreciation rises by £10, with a 25% tax rate. What changes?
What they’re testing: the links, under pressure.
Show a strong answer
- Net income falls £7.50. Add back £10, so cash rises £2.50. Assets fall £7.50 (fixed assets down £10, cash up £2.50). Equity falls £7.50, so it balances.
Value
Enterprise value or equity value: what is the difference?
What they’re testing: who each value belongs to.
Show a strong answer
- Equity value belongs to shareholders. Enterprise value is the core business, for all investors. Roughly, enterprise value is equity value plus debt, minus cash.
Valuation
How would you value a company?
What they’re testing: the three main methods.
Show a strong answer
- Comparable companies and precedent deals value it against others. A DCF values its own cash flows. Precedents often come out higher, because buyers pay for control.
DCF
Walk me through a DCF.
What they’re testing: the steps, in order.
Show a strong answer
- Project unlevered free cash flow: EBIT after tax, plus depreciation, minus capital spending and the rise in working capital. Add a terminal value. Discount both at the cost of capital to get enterprise value.
Your story bank: a worksheet to print or copy
Two SHER stories for each quality. Learn them as stories, not notes to read.
| Quality | Story 1 | Story 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Analytical | ||
| Teamwork | ||
| Resilience | ||
| Communication | ||
| New ideas |
Go further: the best outside help
Our own picks, checked on 14 October 2026. We are not linked to any of these sites and earn nothing from them.
From J.P. Morgan
- J.P. Morgan’s interview guideJ.P. Morgan Digital Handbook · pages 16 to 19Its prep list, the SHER frame and its dos and don’ts.Free
- J.P. Morgan Investment Banking job simulationForage · 3 to 4 hours · free account neededShort tasks modelled on real banking work. Optional, and it does not affect hiring.Free
Read and watch
- Investment Banking Interview Questions and AnswersMergers & Inquisitions · updated 1 Mar 2026A long free guide to fit and technical questions, with model answers.Free
- Investment Banking Analyst Mock Interview at J.P. MorganAced on YouTube · 12 Feb 2026 · 49 minA full mock, not a real interview. The candidate is in the US.Free
07/10Stage 4 · Offer
Decision and offers
J.P. Morgan has two rounds, so the interviews are the final round. The decision then comes by email.
Decision by email
The timing is not published.
Rolling review
J.P. Morgan says it is “unable to accelerate” decisions.
Summer to full-time
Top performers may receive a 2028 analyst offer.
Offer conditions and if you are not selected
- Conditions. You must work at “a designated business location”. No other conditions are published.
- Not selected. J.P. Morgan offers “additional resources”. Apply for other roles, or reapply in a later year if eligible.
Key dates: London, 2027 programme
1 Sep 2026
Summer internship ad posted
22 Sep 2026
Full-time analyst ad posted
As you apply
Rolling review, then HireVue invites
1 Nov 2026
Both routes close, or sooner if places fill
1 Nov 2026
Applications were due by this date
Not published
Interview, offer and start dates
Not published
Interview, offer and start dates
08/10
Visa sponsorship
Our reading: J.P. Morgan’s ads do not mention visa sponsorship. Do not assume this role is sponsored.
J.P. Morgan’s programme pages and FAQ say nothing either. If you need a visa, ask J.P. Morgan’s recruiters before you apply.
Need sponsorship? See our guides to UK companies that sponsor visas and staying in the UK after studying. This is general information, so check GOV.UK.
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Key takeaways
Before you apply
- Both London routes close on 1 November 2026, or sooner if places fill.This year’s London ads have closed. The deadline was set for 1 November 2026.
- You apply with a CV and the application questions, and you cannot edit after you submit.
- A 2:1 is required for the summer internship and preferred for the full-time job, in any subject.
- The HireVue video interview is the only test, and J.P. Morgan publishes none of its settings.
- Never read notes or use AI answer tools in the HireVue or the interviews.
- The ads say nothing on visas, so ask early if you need sponsorship.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the J.P. Morgan investment banking deadline in London for 2027?
Both London routes, full-time and the summer internship, close on 1 November 2026. J.P. Morgan reviews applications on a rolling basis, and programmes close as positions are filled. So apply early.This year’s London ads, full-time and the summer internship, have closed. The deadline was set for 1 November 2026. You can reapply in a later year if you are eligible.
Does J.P. Morgan use HireVue for investment banking?
Yes. If you advance, J.P. Morgan emails you an invitation to a HireVue video interview. It is required, and your application waits until you complete it. J.P. Morgan names no other online test for this role.
How many questions are in the J.P. Morgan HireVue, and how long do you get?
J.P. Morgan does not publish its settings, so check your invite. HireVue says most video assessments have five to eight questions. eFinancialCareers reports that most banks give 30 seconds to prepare and 90 or 120 seconds to answer.
Can you use notes in the J.P. Morgan HireVue or interviews?
No. J.P. Morgan’s handbook says not to read off notes or pre-written documents. It also bans software that generates answers while you interview, unless you are invited to use one. Use notes and AI to prepare, never during.
Do I need a finance degree for J.P. Morgan investment banking?
No. J.P. Morgan welcomes students from all academic backgrounds and disciplines. A UK 2:1 or equivalent is required for the summer internship and preferred for the full-time programme.
Does the J.P. Morgan summer internship lead to a full-time job?
It can. J.P. Morgan says top performers may receive a 2028 full-time analyst offer at the end of the nine-week summer programme.
Does J.P. Morgan sponsor visas for London analysts?
Our reading: the ads do not mention visa sponsorship. Do not assume this role is sponsored, so ask J.P. Morgan before you apply. UK graduates can use the Graduate visa, which needs no sponsor.
