Switch
A new kind of design competition where students compete to get an exclusive opportunity to have recruiters pitch their companies to them.
What?
Switch is a 7-week long design competition that addresses real-world problems.
So What?
This competition will highlight your unique skills leaving recruiters wanting to meet you.
Now What?
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Career Interests
FinTech
Have an interest in Finance or Technology?
FinTech Switch is a new kind of design competition focused on the financial technology industry with two opportunities to show off skills to recruiters.
Industry on the Rise
Technology has changed everything, and emerging industries like FinTech (financial technology) have skyrocketed. 🚀
Show off your skills
In this 7-week competition, you’ll work either independently or build a team to design ways to solve a challenge the FinTech industry is facing.
During the competition, show off your skills to recruiters and industry experts and unlock your spot at an exclusive meetup. Conduct research, develop ideas and refine your solutions with feedback from Switch Coaches, a group of industry experts made of employers, alumni, faculty + venture coaches from UB Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars.
Feedback Week
**Mandatory
Schedule sessions with Switch Reactors during Feedback Week. This is your opportunity to get feedback from real experts in the FinTech industry to improve your final proposal before submitting it for the Switch Coaches and the public to vote on.
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVS
The voting will open to Switch Coaches and the public to vote on their favorites. Yes, we said voting is opened to the public. So, tap into your connections and have everyone you know to vote for you!
Switch Meetup
Participants will get an exclusive invitation to attend the virtual FinTech Switch Meetup. There, recruiters will compete to talk to you one-on-one about your final proposal, their company and the available opportunities they might have for you!