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Rating
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The Role
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The Company
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The Culture
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
Trading desks are rather tough. You need strong personality as an intern and as a full time employee. It is not as easy going as sales desks.
Traders tend to be busy and as an intern you have to make most of your time by using your initative by asking questions and coming up with things to do.
Everyone was fairly busy but still tried to give much help and answer questions when you asked them.
Interns have quite a few corporate/intern events to go to such as networking and talks organised by HR. Apart from that, you have projects given by your desk and daily tasks to do. Fairly busy.
Responsibility-wise, it is difficult to expect much on a trading desk as you cannot trade as an intern. Limited responsibilities.
The soft skills I developed during my internship helped a lot in my life in terms of time management, interpersonal skills.
The Company
Everyone was very focussed with their jobs, which they should be. Quite serious and not many jokes flying round.
HR tried hard to organise events and keep us busy.
The firm gave three days of training at the start of the internship which was very useful in learning about the basics of the financial markets.
Very competitive environment. All the interns are bright, and there are limited positions for interns to convert into full time.
The Culture
Yes. Everyone got along quite well.
Bank/ Liverpool street area is expensive and not much to do.
Almost no night life around Bank/Liverpool street area.
Tehre was one charity day out but that was about it.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking
London
June 2012