Insight Week Intern Review

The insight week was fantastic with lots of talks from different individuals about different areas of the company. The question and answer sessions were super fun and interactive; they were great! I got to ask questions about current Software Developers/ Technical Analysts at the company and their roles. and responsibilities.

I felt valued and respected throughout; which is a due to the superb efforts of the HR team that kept me up to date at all times with regular emails about the schedule and during the event. We were allowed to ask questions directly to managing directors which was brilliant.

I was given fantastic amounts of guidance thought out the process on how the firm operates and how interviews for summer internships are conducted; it was a super helpful insight on how to answer interview questions and how to think analytically. Guidance about how the spring week was going to be run was equally as clear.

A pen and paper programming session was really well planned and executed; given the nature of the task it will help me at university given I am a computer science student and have to grow increasing comfortable with writing code on a piece of paper. This was a great exercise.

The insight was magnificently well organised with detailed yet concise talks that concluded in the designated time slots; with time left to answer questions. The talks were ordered by different areas of internship schemes which is super helpful for the future. Were also given breaks between talks which was nice .

Atmosphere was fun and exciting all the participants were motivated to get going and to ask questions and so were the Morgan Stanley employees to provide talks and diligently answer our questions. They were brilliant. The atmosphere also extended past the experience as I am now still in contact with many of the participants.

The company invested a lot of time in personal training and this was evident with a very well planned talk about networking within the industry to professionally acquire friends and also how the use of LinkedIn can help this process due to the nature of the platform. It was great to hear about how to put this into practice.

I was given the opportunity throughout the insight program to ask questions to anyone about anything to do with their role; this was helpful as it allowed participants to really delve into the everyday working routine and tasks of people just starting with firm and those that have been there for some time.

Speaking with executive, managing directors and technical analysts provided a wide array of insight into how the 'ladder' within the firm is structured and how people can progress from one stage/ area of work to the other and what responsibilities it entails. The insight explicitly entailed that the firm is proud to hire all people from all walks of life.

The content in the spring week was super helpful as not only did it give an insight into software engineering it also provided an useful insight into the world of investment banks; the services they offer and how the firm itself operates within this industry. It gave me a great feel for the work I would potentially be doing.

Since it is only a spring week I was not paid but all expenses were covered such as train costs to get to the offices and accommodation during the week in Canary Wharf. Due to the pandemic however the program was moved to a virtual setting but if tickets were already booked expenses were still settled.

Yes there was a wide array of opportunities to network and learning how networking within the industry to professionally acquire friends and also how the use of LinkedIn can help this process due to the nature of the platform. It was great to hear about how to put this into practice.

Well planned out given the virtual setting; There were not barriers in regards to who we could ask questions to which was great since it gave us the freedom to ask questions that were meaningful and participants got the most out of. Networking was also covered in a talk so we knew how to do it.

We were made aware of activities within the firm that are available but not so much outside the firm since this did not seem relevant; however a lot of networking was made clear that it did not strictly fall under 'work' and rather an act of reaching out to people in your free time.

Yes i definitely would, it was a great well though out insightful couple of days that provided a vast array of information about the technology industry within Morgan Stanley and investment banks in general. It was great to meet new people and employees that have a like minded ideas and notions.