Intern Review

by Bank of America

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Preparing Power Point presentation slides, using Excel to create charts from company information and financial data, building models in Excel such as DCFs and accretion/dilution models. Listening to calls and taking notes, gathering research and summarising.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • - Developed strong Excel practical skills - Developed basic modelling skills - Power point presentation skills - Organisation and teamwork


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • Responsibility increased throughout the internship, towards the end drafted and created full slide decks and company profiles as well as models mainly independently.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Significant support when requested. Everyone I spoke to was very open and available to answer questions and provide advice.


  • 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?
  • Very positive, collegiate atmosphere. People are very hard-working, technically strong and drive, but also very enthusiastic and approachable.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Really enjoyed my experience. Very enriching in terms of the skills I learnt, the development of my knowledge about the industry and the people that I had the opportunity to meet and work with.


  • 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 Bank of America
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Bank of America to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bank of America
  • Demonstrate your willingness to learn as well as your motivation and drive to work hard and deliver the best results. Be positive, collegiate and reliable.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

August 2022


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