Investment Banking Summer analyst Review

by RBC Capital Markets

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

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

    • 1. Assisting analysts and associates on multiple deal teams within Commercial Real Estate. 2. Research into commercial real estate assets such as offices and hotels. Perform comparable and precedent assets analysis.

    Skills

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

    • 1. Excel and PowerPoint shortcuts. 2. Increased understanding on an investment banks credit committee process on transactions. 3. Better understand on different CRE assets and different RE metrics used to assess debt financing potential.

  • 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?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • 1. Involved in 2 live transactions and given fairly good amount of responsibility when working on an internal debt financing proposal. 2. Worked closely with analysts and associates on a weekly basis and presented ESG research project to senior members of the bank.

  • 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?

    • 1. Maintained strong relationships with the CRE Debt team even after the internship. 2. Given mid and final internship reviews which were helpful for my personal development

  • 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?

    • 1. Culture was very collaborative and everyone from HR to the team which I interned under were great in getting interns involved despite their busy schedules.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I enjoyed the internship as it gave me a excellent opportunity to experience the sector I was working in and more importantly help me build good relationships with the people within the bank.

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

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at RBC Capital Markets

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend RBC Capital Markets to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to RBC Capital Markets

    • 1. Collaboration is highly valued in the bank and use experiences that you have done to highlight this skillset. 2. Always try to be yourself and be a team player. 3. Do research on the history of RBC and link it to the future plans of the firm, particularly in the region or city you are applying to.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

London

December 2021

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