Summer Analyst Review

by Goldman Sachs Group

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I was working on a research project. On a daily basis, I was interacting with traders and strats across my team, setting up meeting to inform them about my progress and also collecting some additional information for my project.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learnt and developed a lot of new skills.


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

  • 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?
  • 5/5

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

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes I was given much responsibility during this internship because I was the only one in the team working on my project and this project is really critical for the business.


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

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I did receive some support but not how I would have wanted to. I received less guidance and support or advice in my research. I was almost doing everything on my own sometimes without external opinions from others. But the trader I was working with has helped me a lot to be critical on my work.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

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

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Interesting. I think we cannot like everything about the culture. But I like most of the things about the culture.


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

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

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

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 2/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • A lot !


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

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

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

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Goldman Sachs Group
  • Be honest, curious and imaginative in whatever you do or want to achieve.


    Report this review

Details

Internship (1 Month+)

London

August 2021


View More Reviews