What is a good response rate for internship applications?

It varies a lot by sector and by how early you apply, which is why LucidTrack shows your numbers beside the LucidTrack average rather than a fixed target. If your interviews and offers are below average, look at which CV versions get furthest and whether you are applying early enough.

How many internships should I apply to?

There is no right number, and quality matters more than volume, but most students applying to competitive schemes send dozens rather than a handful. Your Applied card shows your count beside the LucidTrack average, and your rejection rate shows whether sending more or tailoring better is the fix.

How do statistics help me get more offers?

They point at the step to fix. If most rejections come after online assessments, practise those; if one assessment provider keeps failing you, prepare for its tests in particular; if one CV version gets further than another, send that one.

How can I tell which online assessments I am failing?

Set the assessment provider on an application and a status on its online assessment round. Your statistics then show your pass rate with each provider, split into Doing Well and Needs Improvement, with the applications behind each one.

What counts as a ghosted application?

An application you applied to with no update for four weeks.

Seasons are how LucidTrack groups applications in time, usually one recruitment cycle. Statistics and badges count applications in the current season, and you can look back at past ones.

Yes. Statistics, badges and CV performance are part of the free plan.

Do I have to enter anything extra?

No. Statistics come from the statuses you already set on your applications and rounds.

Job Application Statistics

Learn from every application you send

Forty applications in, the useful question is not how many you sent but where they stopped. LucidTrack statistics show the round you get knocked out at, the assessment providers you pass and fail, and the CV that gets furthest, so you know what to practise next.

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Statistics

This week: 3 applications, 1 rejection · 2 more than last week

YouLucidTrack average

Applied38

Offer13% of applications

Rejected42%16

42%

38%

Between rounds9days

12d

Ghosted18%7No update in 4 weeks

Applications Over Time

Track your application activity since your first application

Weekly Applications

Cumulative Applications

Weekly Rejections

LucidTrack average applications: 24

Every status you set feeds your statistics, with nothing extra to fill in. They show where you get rejected, your pass rate with each assessment provider, how far each CV version gets and how your season compares with the LucidTrack average, so each rejection teaches you something for the next application.

You against the average

Start with the whole season: applications, rejection rate, days between rounds and ghosted applications, each beside the LucidTrack average. A quiet week looks different when you can see it is normal, and a rejection rate well above average is a sign to change something.

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Applied38

Rejected42%16

42%

38%

Between rounds9days

12d

Ghosted18%7No update in 4 weeks

See where you get knocked out

One rejection email tells you nothing. Common points of failure counts your rejections by the round they came after, so the pattern shows: most stop at online assessments, say, or at the assessment centre. It flags the rounds that are also most common across LucidTrack, and the round that stops you most comes with a guide to getting through it.

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Intelligent Insight

Most common rejection: Online Assessment (OA)

Based on an analysis of your data, you're struggling with online assessments. These are often the first technical hurdle, and timing is critical.

Read our guide to Online Assessment (OA) →

Online Assessment (OA)

#1 most common on LucidTrack

Failed at these providers:

SHL4 failures

Pymetrics3 failures

HireVue (HV)

#2 most common on LucidTrack

Assessment Centre (AC)

Know which assessments you pass

Assessment provider insights sort the providers behind your online assessments into Doing Well and Needs Improvement, with your pass rate at each. Pass every Arctic Shores game but only one SHL test in five? Now you know where your practice time should go. Open a provider to see the applications behind the number.

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Doing Well

Summer Analyst, Markets at J.P. Morgan
Spring Insight Week at Morgan Stanley

Needs Improvement

Spring Insight Programme at Goldman Sachs
Summer Internship at Bain & Company
Graduate Scheme at PwC
Industrial Placement at Deloitte

Badges as your applications add up

Badges mark 1, 10, 25, 50 and 100 applications in a season, then every 50 after that. They count applications submitted this season, so every season starts fresh.

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Application badges

1102550100

38 this season, 12 to the next badge

Which CV gets you furthest

CV performance shows how far applications sent with each CV version get: past screening, to interview, to an offer. Build on the version that works.

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Tech CV, NovGets furthest
33% reach interview · 1 offer
9 of 9 applications reached sent5 of 9 applications reached past screening3 of 9 applications reached interview1 of 9 applications reached offer
56%33%11%
Finance CV, Oct
28% reach interview · 1 offer
18 of 18 applications reached sent11 of 18 applications reached past screening5 of 18 applications reached interview1 of 18 applications reached offer
61%28%6%
General CV, Sep
14% reach interview
14 of 14 applications reached sent6 of 14 applications reached past screening2 of 14 applications reached interview0 of 14 applications reached offer
43%14%

Statistics that tell you what to work on

Statistics exist to change what you do next, not to decorate a dashboard.

Compared with others
Your counts beside the LucidTrack average.
Ghosted counted
No update for four weeks counts as ghosted, so silence shows up.
Applications over time
See when in the season you applied most, and whether replies followed.
Pass rates by provider
Your pass rate with every assessment provider you have sat.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good response rate for internship applications?: It varies a lot by sector and by how early you apply, which is why LucidTrack shows your numbers beside the LucidTrack average rather than a fixed target. If your interviews and offers are below average, look at which CV versions get furthest and whether you are applying early enough.
How many internships should I apply to?: There is no right number, and quality matters more than volume, but most students applying to competitive schemes send dozens rather than a handful. Your Applied card shows your count beside the LucidTrack average, and your rejection rate shows whether sending more or tailoring better is the fix.
How do statistics help me get more offers?: They point at the step to fix. If most rejections come after online assessments, practise those; if one assessment provider keeps failing you, prepare for its tests in particular; if one CV version gets further than another, send that one.
How can I tell which online assessments I am failing?: Set the assessment provider on an application and a status on its online assessment round. Your statistics then show your pass rate with each provider, split into Doing Well and Needs Improvement, with the applications behind each one.
What counts as a ghosted application?: An application you applied to with no update for four weeks.
What is a season?: Seasons are how LucidTrack groups applications in time, usually one recruitment cycle. Statistics and badges count applications in the current season, and you can look back at past ones.
Are statistics free?: Yes. Statistics, badges and CV performance are part of the free plan.
Do I have to enter anything extra?: No. Statistics come from the statuses you already set on your applications and rounds.

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