Summer Intern Review

The work I was given was really interesting, and I had the opportunity to attend / watch a lot of high profile meetings / events, e.g. the pre-MPC meetings where staff present to the Monetary Policy Committee; I was also able to shadow many of the Bank's operations in the Sterling money markets, e.g. purchasing gilts for quantitative easing.

Right from day one, it did not matter who I was talking to - it could have been a senior manager or head of division - everyone was interested in the work I was doing and valued and took on board my opinions. My team were so friendly and helpful.

My line manager was fantastic. I was given all the support I needed, including proof reading written work and attending practice presentations. I was always given honest and helpful feedback, which was vital for me to improve as my internship progressed. I was also able to get help / feedback from the mangers on the team who were always more than happy to answer any questions. The Bank has a very collaborative atmosphere where literally everyone is happy to give up their time to help you.

I was given two long term projects to work on from day one, and I had complete autonomy over how these projects progressed. As deadlines approached, naturally I was more busy, but I never felt stressed out by the amount of work I had or overloaded.

Quite a lot, my project was quite important.

The skills I learnt will form a foundation of the business skills that I will need throughout my career. I was able to attend a training course on presentation skills; the Bank has a lot of training opportunities.

Relaxed, friendly, collaborative.

On the whole, well organised. However I think that the Bank's HR would benefit from speeding things up quite a lot. From attending the final assessment centre to receiving an offer was 3 months; many of the Bank's competitors give offers out to candidates a matter of days after the assessment centre. It also wasn't clear to me how we as interns were being assessed, and the target setting did not occur for me as HR had suggested it would during induction. Nevertheless, the key points were all there in that there was plenty of work for me to do and a good structure. The interim and final assessments are useful.

People extremely generous with their time. There was also a full range of training opportunities and training courses that were open to me at the cost of the Bank (they weren't cheap!).

I have been offered a job and can't wait to go back.

Interns wanted to go out all the time.

I was able to live at home. Eating and drinking out in the City is obviously expensive but I expected that.

Good.

For full time employees there is a broad range of sport clubs / societies.