Corporate Finance Intern Review

by Deutsche Bank

Best Student Employer

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Rating

2.6/5
  • The Role
    2.8
  • The Company
    2.5
  • The Culture
    2.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Overall, DB's internship program is well structured & provides a lot of opportunities for training/networking. I really appreciate the effort HR has been making. One area of improvement is that I struggled a lot with IT set-up at the beginning of my internship.

    3/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • - My colleagues are kind, helpful and fair - However, atmosphere-wise, the team was a bit down when I joined - probably due to the recent restructuring - The team lacks a proper newcomer integration/training program - I did not like the fact that I have to push for my own objective setting & mid-term feedback - In general, I feel a lack of leadership - probably because we don't have a managing director

    3/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • - Guidance on the job is always very clear - My seniors always answer my questions - I would appreciate more explanation on the context of the task / reasons why we do things in a certain way

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Stress level is not as high as I would expect for an IBD job

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • appreciate the fact we have our personal project, helped a lot on applying what we've learnt to practice otherwise, analyst job in corporate finance is more tedious than creative - which is understandable given the little tolerance of mistakes in the job

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • the internship helped me understand the job better, also helped me learnt a lot of job-specific skills ; however, from the stand point of a finance graduate, this internship helped limitedly on transferable skills

    3/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • People don't talk a lot - probably because everyone is very busy

    1/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • IT access/software installation/database account set up can be done before the relative training Would appreciate if HR can instruct team assistant to teach us how to use printer/phone/show us around on the first day we hit the desk

    3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • I can see that the firm invested a lot.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Company Parties/Events
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • It is a well-organized large corporation with the intent to invest on juniors Atmosphere wise a bit down, but people are in general kind and helpful

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Yes there is - the first week of training helped

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Balanced - you can find expensive options as well as cheap ones

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • 3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • 3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

August 2018

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