Investments Intern Review

by abrdn

Rating

4.2/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

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

    • I work to support the analysts and portfolio managers with stock research, whether it is providing earnings updates to creating research reports. I additionally prepare for meetings and write up meeting minutes.

    Skills

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

    • Excel skills, financial modelling, Bloomberg

  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Lots of meaningful responsibility- have led 2 projects

  • 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?

    • Lots of support, whenever required- people are always there to help and answer questions.

  • 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?

    • Very good culture, there is a real appetite to learn and people are always welcoming enough to answer your queries

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • Enjoyed it very much so far

  • 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 abrdn

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend abrdn to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn

    • Make sure to have your competencies all brushed up, having examples of where you learned/applied different skills

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

July 2023

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