Summer intern Review

American express is an excellent place to intern given the warm culture and type of people it attracts. I enjoyed my internship as I met a diverse set of interns with similar interests an caliber. The social organized y the HR team were exceptional as we got to socialize with the interns outside the workspace( both MBA and undergraduate interns).

My team was very considerate and ensured I always had someone to look out for if I needed help. I was also given a project to complete individually which ensured the work I did was not repeated and was used for further AMEX projects. During team meetings, I was given the time to update on my progress so far to ensure everyone could provide feedback for my project.

My manager was very supportive throughout the internship. He planned the project and was also always there for the support when needed. He also out in meetings on alternative days to see how m progress is and for me to give updates. Apart from the project, he also gave personal tips to navigate the different divisions and made personal introductions as well.

I was kept quite buys given the scope of my project. Along with at, since I had to learn a new coding language, I always had something to do during my 10 weeks at AMEX. Since we were encouraged to meet the otherline managers as well, this always meant we were working to meet different colleagues.

During the summer internship, each intern was given as an individual project, which we had to work with. this project was the final deliverable- for our final presentation at the end of the internship- which was assessed. this project was one of the problems AMEX is facing and I had to perform analysis to understand to root cause of the problem and a potential solution for the same.

I learnt a good mix of soft skills and technical skills. Technical skills included : advanced Excel training, SQL language to manage and analyze data, tableau, advanced power point presentation. Soft skills included how to manage the workload, meeting new people(both within the team and outside), understanding the cooperate requirements and navigating different division.

the atmosphere was ver varied. during the week with many deadlines and meetings, people are always busy a the atmosphere is quite busy. however, people are nice and know how to handle stressful periods of time. usually people are encouraged to work from home on fridays, so its a little more relaxed!

Very well. We first had an assessment centre 6 months before our internship and we were given a personal call by the HR to tell us the results. on the first week of the internship, we were given a clear overview on e important dates during he internship, for our presentation and social events.

very well. we had multiple training initially to understand the standard tools used by AMEX employees such as Excel, TM1 and IDN report database. in addition to hard skills, we had a training week where we had training sessions such as executive presence training which helped us understand how employees navigate through the higher ranks.

Excellent. After the summer internship program, we have the assessment day where in we present our findings to all the line managers and inters. following this, we might be given an offer to join back in the graduate scheme the following year. the prospects are great and very rewarding as well.

Yes! We had multiple team socials including team breakfast, development day with team bonding events, division treasure hunt and team huddles. In addition to this, we had social events with the other interns including a trip to London e, after-work drinks and boat party. the social events were great ways to meet people from different divisions.

ince I stay in London, my cost of living was no different from my usual university costs. I lived in the same area, hence I only had to buy the tube ticket for every month. The cost of pubs/ bars are standard as it is a place with many offices .

There are multiple bars very close to the office. additionally, we are only a short walk from Westminister area and Bukhingham palace with many touristy attractions and hence nice restaurants as well. There are various options for after work socialevents both at a students budget and adult prices. !

Yes. We had many social events organized the HR which was an excellent way to meet the other interns from other divisions such as technology ( they came from Brighton to London). similarly, we also had a ' Brighton day' in which all the London interns took a tour of the Brighton office and had a BBQ session to wind down!