Operations Summer Analyst Review

I was not particularly excited by the work that I was completing. I would have liked it to be a bit more challenging as it would peak my interest more, but I think that is just the nature of the work that the team I was in complete regularly.

Colleagues were all friendly and gave me some responsibility, and introduced me to the important people in and surrounding the team. They didn't give me anything too important to do though.

I was given lots of advice, contacts and opportunities for conversations during my internship. People are always willing to answer questions and provide advice.

I was never super busy. I had a lot of free time and spent atleast 50% of my time doing nothing. This made some days incredibly boring and the time went slowly. I was expected to just fill my time with research etc at these moments, but there's only so much you can do.

I was given some responsibility, but not a lot. ( I guess this is understandable, given that I was just an intern.) I didn't feel that important and sort of felt that if I didn't do my work, the team would still get by.

The only really valuable skill I think I developed is networking, and the confidence to speak to colleagues that I have never met. admittedly, this is an important skill to gain. I also became much more proficient with powerpoint!

The general atmosphere was friendly, but the floor could be reasonably quiet. Nobody was in a bad mood, and everyone was nice to their peers.

The internship was reasonably well organised. Structured training sessions etc. Although these sessions were not necessarily helpful for the work we were doing, as we were all placed in different teams. It would be better if some formal training resources were provided for each team.

The firm does invest in you in terms of your career. However, I was deeply disappointed to learn that if you obtain a job offer at the end of your internship, you are unable to defer the start date by a year. I wanted to do this as I would like to do a masters, however Goldman Sachs will not let me do a masters and keep my job offer. I feel this hinders personal development, and as a reputable firm, Goldman Sachs should cater for people in this position.

Salary is decent, benefits are decent. However, working hours vary greatly by team - and if you obtain a job offer as a grad you aren't told which team you are joining until 1 month before starting. This isn't helpful, as you may be placed somehwere that you really don't want to be.

Lots of interns who are willing to socialise!! The company provides a few events where you can meet interns towards the start of the intership, then it is up to you to maintian these connections and socialise yourself. if you want to make friends, it's not hard to do so.

Very expensive. It's no surprise that central london isn't cheap!! My accomodation was £250 a week, but it was only a 25 minute walk from the office, so I didn't have to pay for daily transport.

Lots of bars and pubs around. No clubs, but bars are enough.

There were ''affinity networks'' that you could join who organised regular meetings