Spring intern Review
by Goldman Sachs Group
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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About You
4.5
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The Company
4.3
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Everything Else
4.4
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
- 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
- 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 5. How well structured was the insight?
- 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
- 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?
- 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
- 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
- 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
- 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
- 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
- 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
- 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
About You
Very helpful in understanding the how the investment banking world works.
We were provided with a badge and an internal email address, so I felt like any other employee of the firm. Moreover, people on the trading floor were very open and welcoming despite the work they had to do.
I spent a lot of time on the trading floor going from desk to desk. Each person I went to taught me something about their job so it was very insightful.
I study finance so everything I learnt in the securities division kind of relates to what I study and therefore was very helpful for me.
The Company
The insight was pretty well structured. We had meetings, some work shadowing and networking sessions. But on the meantime we also had free time to go and meet employees of the bank to ask them a lot of questions.
I was very surprised to see that the atmosphere in my division (securities) was very good. I was expecting a lot of competition but people were very friendly and helping each other a lot which I found very cool.
I talked a lot to traders and sales people, I saw them coming in and out of the office so I think that I have a pretty good idea of what a full time job at GS would be like. Although it could be very different from on desk to another
The company is very focused on diversity, teamwork and doing the right thing. We had several talks by senior people of the bank and it kept coming back. I was very surprised to see the number of different nationalities that were present on the trading floor. Furthermore, everyone sends its findings and research to everyone, even interns. I think that culture of sharing is great.
Coming in I was about 70% sure that I wanted to work in sales and I preferred the commodities desk. But after seeing so many desks and people it liked a lot of desks and I had a different view on trading. Now I am very undecided about my choice.
Everything Else
There were plenty of opportunities to network with employees. There were networking events. A Buddy system was set in place and we could just go to people on their desk and if they were not busy they were happy to have a chat with us.
There were a lot of networking events and we could meet very different people.
I would definitely recommend the internship to anyone who is interested in finance and banking in particular.
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
London
April 2016
