Does Revolut have a lower acceptance rate for its internships than Goldman Sachs? Seemingly, yes. Revolut says its ‘Rev-Celerator’ student program received a more than 50% increase in applications year-on-year for its upcoming cohort.
In Revolut’s 2024 annual report, the bank said it received 30,000 applications for its 2025 internship and graduate opportunities. A 50% increase implies over 45,000 applications this year for opportunities next year.
Revolut is scaling the program to over 200 interns and graduates in 2026. It said earlier this year that it was aiming to bring in 300 students. If we assume Revolut has brought in between 200 and 300 people, the acceptance rate for Rev-Celerator in 2026 is somewhere between 0.44% and 0.67%. Goldman Sachs had an acceptance rate of roughly 0.7% globally for its summer analysts.
Revolut, therefore, is spoilt for choice and has been hiring from some top universities. It said it hired 40+ interns from more than 11 top global universities, including Imperial College in the UK and Bocconi in Italy. It brought in 40+ interns alongside 80+ graduate hires this year across offices in London, Krakow, Porto and Barcelona.
There are much more competitive internships in finance, however. Private equity giant Blackstone accepts less than 0.3% of applicants to its internships, while summer internships for BNP Paribas in the Americas had an acceptance rate of just 0.4% last year.
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