Sales & Trading Summer Intern Review

by Morgan Stanley

Rating

2.8/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    1.0
  • Support & Guidance
    1.5
  • Culture
    3.0
  • Your Impressions
    2.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Your role is to complete 1 mini-project per desk, to help in daily tasks that can support the desk, network around the trading floor and participate in Intern activities


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes, a week of training was provided giving an overview of finance and market stuff, plus I developed skills related to Excel, PPt, etc


  • 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?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • You are not allowed to trade nor talk to clients. The responsibility is minimal.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 1/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • It is hard to get a hold of people as everyone is busy, but they attempt to support you.


  • 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?
  • 2/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very competitive, as interns are rotating they need to impress, and as everyone works more and more, the culture becomes very toxic with late nights,....


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • I didn't enjoy my placement very much, but it taught me valuable skills and showed me what I didn't want to do with my life, still worthwhile


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 1/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 2/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Morgan Stanley
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Morgan Stanley to a friend?
  • No


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Morgan Stanley
  • Network, network, network


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Sales

London

November 2022


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