Summer Analyst Review

by Morgan Stanley

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Rating

4.5/5
  • The Role
    4.2
  • The Company
    4.9
  • The Culture
    4.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • Great experience inside an investment bank. Lots of exposure. Morgan Stanley also placed a lot of emphasis on out of office events.

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Great atmosphere in the obvious. Everyone respected each other and there was a huge focus on intern development.

    4/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Each intern is given an evaluation director to mentor them. Also very easy to reach out to anyone else.

    4/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • Investment banking is obviously a busy job. Tons of work to get involved in and really able to make an impact.

    5/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • Morgan Stanley place a lot of emphasis on making sure their juniors receive a good amount of responsibility and can learn on the job.

    4/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Internship began with a week of training that developed technical skills. Also developed both hard and soft skills throughout.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Everyone was very friendly. Great atmosphere and really supportive. Made work an absolute pleasure.

    5/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • HR were excellent in putting together a very well structured internship that gave us everything we needed.

    5/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • 100%. Week of training at the start of the internship gave us the hard skills we needed. Received plenty of exposure on the internship.

    5/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Sports and Social Club

    Company Car

    International Travel

    Company Parties/Events

    5/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Excellent. Received a full time job offer at the end. Also a lot of emphasis is placed on internship development.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • HR planned plenty of social events. Also plenty of opportunities to go out for drinks etc.

    5/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Living in London is obviously going to be expensive. However, it is possible to find cheap accommodation if you look hard enough.

    5/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Being in London obviously meant there were tons of clubs, bars etc. available for going out

    5/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Not so much available but given it was a ten week internship I imagine most interns wanted to spend the majority of it working.

    3/5

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

October 2016


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