Global Data Summer Internship Review

by Bloomberg

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • 1. Variety of sessions: D&I sessions, conversation with managers, peer chat with analysts 2. Individual Project that has real commercial impacts in combination of coding and finance depending on your background 3. Group project to write a FFM article

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Yes. Learned hard skills including Python, SQL, Javascript, HTML. Learned soft skills like presentation and communication.

  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • 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

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes. They really trust you and give real responsibilities.

  • 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?

    • A lot! My mentor has daily catch-up with me, buddy has semi-weekly feedback session, and my Team leader has weekly feedback session. I am always able to walk to their desks and ask questions.

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

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • Everyone is super super nice. Always willing to have coffee chat and shadowing session

  • 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?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • Very much. Everyone super nice. Lots of sessions and learning opportunities. Respond fast to feedback. Many networking opportunities. Great working hours.

  • 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 Bloomberg

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg

    • 1. They will definitely ask u questions like Why Bloomberg? Why's bloomberg unique compared to its competitors? What's your career goal in the next 5 years? 2. For process engineering test, try to solve the steps that take the most time first. Always try to automate using leading technologies.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking, Information Technology

London

September 2021

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