Need help with using Nicube?
Please note that this form can only be used to ask about problems with the actual platform and its functionality, NOT for questions regarding careers, universities etc. If you have a question regarding such topics, please proceed to our forums or alternatively Q&A section .
Frequently Asked Questions
A) About Nicube
A.1) What is Nicube?
“Nicube helps young people across the world make their career ambitions happen, as well as helping them to make the right choices in the first place. We provide them with a network of advisers and an extensive community-driven knowledge base.â€
A.2) Why is Nicube different?
1) Clever interface & focus on you
Nicube is the next evolution of informed, responsible, conscious and most importantly entertaining career planning and building. We promise that exploring your career options, planning the next steps and reaching out to people who can help you will be fun.
We paid enormous attention to user experience. We tested and redesigned every single bit of the site to ensure that you can access as much relevant information as possible in a timely and efficient manner via an interface that is easy to use, enjoyable and a pleasure to work with.
2) Cluster-like structure
‘Cluster’ is our expression for industry networks, e.g. Investment Banking, Consulting etc. We’ve built the site so that you can join as few or as many as you want, and consequently access as much or as little information as you desire.
3) Features & Community
We really are a ‘community-driven knowledge base’. This means that most of our functionality is built around helping to facilitate exchange and sharing of information between our users. We do this by having a platform which makes it very simple, yet extremely powerful, to share videos, articles, news and many other useful online and offline resources.
Furthermore, our Questions & Answers section is the ideal way to tap into the wealth of knowledge and experience accumulated by some of our more senior members. Our expanded discussion forums build on the exceptional success of the former IBTalk board, while giving the user an additional degree of control over the much broader range of topics and areas covered by Nicube.
To name one more amongst many, we have expanded our blogs which now provide the ideal combination of functionality and simplicity, catering to users who want to actively contribute to the community. Confirmed topics are to vary from Derivatives trading to Gentlemen’s dress, but you certainly have much to look forward to.
B) Nicube Features
B.1) Articles
Benefit from advice and insight of our authors, covering a range of topics from interview preparation through FSA exams to the life of an IBD intern. Even better, submit your articles and contribute to the community.
B.2) Blogs
Ever wanted to have a place for your irregular musings, but don’t feel like running a full-blown blog with no audience? We have a solution. Create your blog on Nicube in seconds, publish as often as you like and have a guaranteed audience of several thousand a day.
B.3) cubeNews
Did you read an interesting article, announcement or a blog post? Submit it to cubeNews along thousands of other people while voting for the most interesting ones. A real-time, user generated list of most-widely followed stories.
B.4) Directories
Our version of Yellow Pages, compiled by you and others who often live a similar lifestyle in similar places. Looking for a good Thai restaurant in Singapore? Same-day laundry service in Canary Wharf? Tailor who can fix your suit while on business in Paris? The odds are that another member has faced the same problem before; if you’re lucky, they might have recommended the service on Nicube directories.
B.5) Discussion forums
Each cluster has its own discussion forum, further divided into sections and categories. More and above, we appreciate that you might want to follow different categories in different clusters, and have therefore created cubeBoard – a personalized, single point of contact for the categories you are interested in. Mix and match you very own discussion board.
B.6) Friends/networking functions
Would you like to know what are your discussion opponents or those who helped to answer your questions doing on Nicube every day? Add them as friends, and our feeds will automatically keep you updated on what they have been up to across the platform – whether that’s discussing something on our forums, commenting on videos or blogs, answering questions or updating our library.
B.7) Libraries
Found an interesting online resource, be it an academic paper, a job aggregator, another careers site or an industry magazine? Submit it to our categorized library where users vote for the most useful links, creating a list of top resources for others facing similar problems.
B.8) Profile
Thousands of professionals visit Nicube every day. Many of them work in the industry, and many of them are looking for good people. Fill in your profile, then decide on the level of privacy you would like to have. Don’t miss out on this fantastic exposure to senior professionals.
B.9) Q&A section
This is the ultimate way of tapping into the wealth of knowledge and experience accumulated by our senior members. Ask about the work and the lifestyle or ask for advice on anything else - different companies, career paths, universities, courses etc.
B.10) Videos
Ranging from recruiting videos and news through industry reports to bankers banter, Nicube videos is the ultimate collection of categorized, useful and relevant online multimedia.
C) Troubleshooting
C.1) Where can I get further help?
Please contact us at team@nicube.com and we'll do our best.
