Summer Analyst (Engineering) Review

by Goldman Sachs Group

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • 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.
  • Back-end software development, using Java. Daily 15-30 catch-up with the team in the morning, then programming most of the day. Attend various meetings, talk with my manager and others if I need help


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes, you learn a lot about the SDLC process when working for a large company, with monolith codebases.


  • 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?
  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, had a lot of permissions to do things myself, and was encouraged to do so. Project was mostly independent and so I had a lot of freedom on how to do it and figure out the best way, but was also intertwined with other systems.


  • 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 manager and buddy were always available to answer any questions if I needed help. I was invited to all meetings to see how things were done and to know more about the work others are doing.


  • 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?
  • Great, very outgoing, kind and social people


  • 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?
  • Amazing experience, would definitely do it again.


  • 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 very social and outgoing, they care a lot about how you fit into the team and not just your technical knowledge - although it has to be good too :)


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

International

August 2022


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