Rating
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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Morgan Stanley
- 7. Would you recommend Morgan Stanley to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Morgan Stanley
Overview
Was placed in the Security Settlements team in the Frankfurt Office. Was tasked with ensuring settlement of equity and fixed income trades in the German markets in a timely manner. Constant interaction with both internal and external stakeholders on a daily basis to ensure trade settlement.
Skills
High pressure management, prioritisation, adaptability, keeping to deadlined and multitasking. Increased level of spoken German.
Responsibilities
Yes, a lot. I was treated as full time member of the team. The team was fully dependant on me for a variety of tasked to be completed. I had responsibility over a very of tasks, some of which handled very high risk or high value trades that needed the upmost attention.
Support & Guidance
High level of training, support and guidance from the operations division and the settlements team as a whole. Specific mentoring scheme and induction programs to ensure constant support. Very close monitoring from HR throughout the placement for support and guidance.
Culture
Very accepting, welcoming culture that valued hard work and effort. Very rewarding atmosphere and pleasant working environment which challenged you to progress regularly.
Your Impressions
I could not have asked for a better placement. High quality of work with a great level of responsibility. Pleasant working environment with a great team to work with. Very enjoyable time and rewarding experience.
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Great company to do a placement at. Say yes to all opportunities that come your way and get involved with the culture. Essential to have a background knowledge of the finance industry before applying.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Banking
International
July 2021