Investment Banking Summer Analyst Review

by Bank of America

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Formatting PowerPoints, Building financial models, editing comps files, searches for potential acquisition targets


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes - learnt many new skills, and heavily improved my excel skills.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

  • 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. Some work I did I had complete control over and could take in my own direction. I also had to step up sometimes when analysts were away, and work directly with senior team members.


  • 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?
  • A lot. All A&A's were extremely helpful, would always take the time to sit down with me and help me understand concepts, or how to perform a task. This was very valuable as I was then able to perform much better on a range of projects once I knew how to do tasks correctly.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 1/5

  • 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?
  • Amazing. Everyone works well together, wants to make sure you are happy and learning the best you can, and will always help explain things. Many company activities to get involved in too, and lots of social events so everyone was good friends.


  • 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?
  • Best internship I have ever had (and I have had a lot). I could not recommend it more, and have learnt an incredible amount.


  • 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
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bank of America
  • Try to understand excel shortcuts and PPT skills before arriving, as it will save you so much time. Talk to as many people as you can, and network so that every team knows your name.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

August 2022


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