Spring intern Review

by Goldman Sachs Group

Rating

3.7/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Worked on an Engineering project under Global Markets Engineering, in which we implemented a hedging strategy for commodities futures (Strategies) and developed risk management tools in Python and Jupyter Notebook (Software Engineering). Day to day involving working on the project, going to meetings and networking.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed networking skills, communication skills whilst working on the project as the team consisted of people from all around the world hence timing would be an issue sometimes. Learn about tech at a bank and how they lead the way in tech.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • We were given responsibility of a project which we had to arrange meetings for and finish in time. Also given responsibility of making the most out of the internship which involved reaching out and meeting as many people as possible.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • We had a buddy who helped us with anything we needed for the internship as a whole. We were also give a advisor for the project who helped as understand the project and acted as our main source of knowledge.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Was really friendly and welcoming and treated interns with respect. Culture was very inspiring .


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Very much


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Goldman Sachs Group
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Goldman Sachs Group to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Goldman Sachs Group
  • Apply if you want to learn about technology at a bank


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering

London

July 2021


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