Straight forward. They will take whatever they can get, but preference is for top end colleges regardless of how you perform on the day. Having a foreign language is helpful but key requirement is to accept the LOW PAY. To get the job just waffle about shares, companies, say you read the FT etc usual. Its a golden ticket if you fail to get a real job somewhere else, spend a year here and then apply for decent job in a bank and you have a better chance of getting it. Just do not spend more than a year here or no one will hire you as they will think you have gone to seed.