Investment Analyst Review
by abrdn
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 abrdn
- 7. Would you recommend abrdn to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn
Overview
- writing up bank note utilizing the CAMEL framework (capital, asset quality, management & esg, earnings, liquidity) -thematic research (i.e. cyber security) - keeping up with macro FI trends - attending client meetings to understand bank specific changes
Skills
- communication (developed stronger communication skills virtually) - technical expertise (stronger understanding of financials specific technicals) - time management (managing time wisely especially during a work from home environment)
Responsibilities
- given substantial work that was very much relevant to the team - opportunity to present my work to the wider senior team - overall felt very much part of the team, with ability to participate most team calls, meetings, client meetings
Support & Guidance
- received an amazing amount of support - everyone was very willing to share, help out, and support - had daily calls with my manager to keep up with the work I was doing - always felt very welcomed to ask questions towards anyone in the firm
Culture
very supportive, welcoming, and friendly - always felt like it was very easy to have a chat with someone and ask questions, and everyone was very willing to share what they know and help out!
Your Impressions
i really thoroughly enjoyed it - had the most incredible support system, and really enjoyed the work that i did. it was challenging and i've learnt a lot!
Yes
Get to know the firm before applying (understand the business, learn what roles there are)
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking
London
August 2021
