2025 Spring Weeks Season Insight

The 2025 Spring Week cycle has once again highlighted just how competitive the early careers landscape has become, with students continuing to apply earlier and with higher volume. Despite the intensity, Spring Weeks remain a crucial stepping stone, with 31% of participants going on to secure return offers for summer internships, and nearly a third landed a first-year summer internship.

The findings from this year’s (and first ever) Spring Week survey include some important points that every ambitious student looking to land early-careers opportunities should be aware of. For example, while Spring Weeks are often branded as “first-year only,” over a quarter of successful interns were in their second or third year, showing that perceived eligibility is wider than many assume. At the same time, performance remains uneven, with the top 10% of applicants securing a third of all offers.

Trackr continues to play a central role in driving this ecosystem. With over 800,000 referrals to Spring Week applications this year alone, we have become an essential one-stop-shop for students seeking opportunities and the most widely used tool to find, make and manage applications.

In this 2025 Spring Week Season Insight, we provide a statistical breakdown of how students navigated the process; from application volumes and success rates to reflections on fairness, preparation, and the role of Spring Weeks in shaping career choices. Our aim is to offer transparency to our ecosystem and the wider market about this fiercely competitive recruitment stage. We hope these insights help students prepare more effectively for future cycles and give employers a more rigorous understanding of the challenges facing early talent.

Not started applying to Spring Weeks yet? Applications typically begin to open between October and February, giving you plenty of time to prepare for the upcoming 2025/26 cycle. You can find all opportunities as they open and close (in real time) on our Spring Week tracker!