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16 May 2008

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Frankly, I don't believe in cheating and that's exactly what it is. Many people will suggest otherwise but only because they do not care how they get in.  Read all comments »

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If you have £600 to spare, you could always put it the way of an out-of-work investment banker to help you land a graduate job.

The Telegraph reported last week that a company associated with Oxbridge Essays, which as far as we can see is Oxbridge Interns, is touting for redundant bankers to help university students fill in banks’ application forms, etc.

The paper says a set of customised interview answers will cost £600 and a suitability report delivered over lunch with a banker unemployed person costs around £500.

Banks are reported to be none too happy about the initiative, with sources said to object that getting an ex-banker to fill in the application form would amount to plagiarism.

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justgraduated,  Thu 10 Jul 08

I would definitely pay..it will help your future and be repaid hundreds of times over if you got the job..

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Anonymous, Trading,  Mon 18 Aug 08

What a joke - no need at all to spend money on this. I'm interning in London at one of the biggest US banks, from state educated background, OK degree, don't have extracurricular stuff or whatever people lie about on application forms - you don't need any of this to get into the industry. Plus, if you're really so incompetent that you can't fill out an application form, do a numerical test, or speak well at an interview then you've got no chance of surviving once you get here - that is, getting through ten weeks in such an environment, let alone being considered for a grad offer. Having to use oxbridgeinterns is probably a big sign that you won't fit in if you get the job anyway.

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