Intern Review

Enjoyed it massively given obvious circumstances. Seemed to be run as well as a virtual internship could have been!

The colleagues across all divisions definitely made an effort to be inclusive and show interest in our development. I believe a slight benefit of the virtual environment is that frequent interactions were common, and MS employees were proactive to network back.

Often a senior member of the bank was happy to chat and/or get involved with our scheduled networking or activities. They showed their clear interest in getting to know us, perhaps given that the potential entrants to their teams may come from this cohort.

We had a combination of scheduled events, as well as self-organised networking and tasks too. This was a great hybrid as it was important to have timetabled commitments to give us some structure and deadlines, but also allows us to take advantage of the freedom in order to tailor the internship accordingly too.

Given the circumstances it was clear we couldn’t perhaps take a severely hands on type of role, which was certainly understandable. I suppose virtual interns may have limited value to add. That said, email distributions and data mining was something we were able to easily volunteer for, which was great to give us a realistic structure to the day.

Overall, they have highlighted the industry I want to work in, which allows me to tailor my degree (via module selection perhaps) to suit the skill sets I would need/want. I’m certainly grateful for the clarity it has provided me in completing my degree studies.

Difficult to fully establish, although character-wise it was certainly a good impression.

Again given the circumstances I think it was organised as well as a virtual internship could have been executed.

I was pleasantly surprised by the extent to which the employees looked to give personalised feedback. It was very refreshing, especially given the virtual environment. It was also very good for helping us progress.

I believe the attractiveness of the firm made the idea of working for Morgan Stanley an incredibly appealing one. The work and industry were expectedly exciting, but the bank itself shone (even through the screen) as an overall great environment on the two desks I was lucky enough to rotate on.

Again, perhaps a very difficult one for HR and the interns to fulfil. However, we did hear that in the physical setting there are many highlights that MS have had in previous years internships.

No extra cost given WFH.

Not necessarily applicable to the specific area of work.

Given COVID this was understandably difficult away from intern-organised socials.