Sample cover letter for Internship position at Credit Agricole

Dear xxx xxx,

I am xxx xxx, a highly motivated and driven student that just completed my second semester at xxx xxx. I am applying for the possible opportunity of joining your business support group at Credit Agricole CIB over the summer. I am majoring in Finance and minoring in Accounting and have immense interest and passion for Finance generally and Corporate Finance specifically.

This position is very attractive to me due to its high relevance to my studies and working with Credit Agricole would be an invaluable experience that I believe my learning curve could benefit greatly from. As a part of your business support group I believe that I would get exposed to different tasks where I would be able to further develop my skills. As the main tasks of this opportunity requires outstanding attention, since it all comes down to the details of invoices and similar documents, I believe that I would be a great fit for this position.

My absolute greatest strength is my attention to detail. Another similarly strong feature is my social competence. Largely developed due to my interest in interacting with different people since almost everybody always has an interesting story, some valuable information or just provides nice company. My third and very applicable and beneficial strength for this particular position is my willingness and hunger to learn. I do believe that I will be able to learn and excel within my tasks if I just get a little time to adjust to the new position. This is also the biggest reason why I’m applying because I believe that it will hone relevant skills for my future. I habitually prioritize the performance of my work in school as well as in my professional life and I have seen that the most successful outcome will appear whenever you enter new challenges with the right attitude.

This combined with Credit Agricole CIB being a very attractive potential employer for me as a Finance major makes me eager and hopeful of the possibility to learn more about the office here in xxx xxx. I am having great dreams of entering a career within Corporate Finance and to start my career, as a summer intern at an esteemed institution such as Credit Agricole is an astonishing opportunity for me. Continuing part-time during the fall is a natural step forward since learning by working at a globally competitive firm is invaluable. To summarize myself you have an outstanding team player with a result-oriented mind-set that is all about acquiring experiences.

Kind regards,

Xxx xxx