Spring weeks at investment banks

Asalam alaikum,

I’m a university student and thinking about future careers. I was looking into spring weeks which are essentially insight weeks. I’m pretty sure they don’t involve any actual work in the company. Having said that, I know that investment banking is generally best to stay away from, from a shariah perspective and I know that and don’t intend on entering that industry. However, I do want to get some corporate experience to have on my CV so I can find a job easier in the future as an investment bank may be attractive as a name. Is it allowed to do a spring week in an investment bank given that I won’t be doing any work there just things like observations and team projects with other spring insight students.

Barakallah feek

Assalaamu alaykum,

Yes, if you are there for observing and understanding the atmosphere, this is fine.