Quantitative Research Intern Review

by MUFG

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Modelling (maths), toying with ideas in excel, coding ideas up, writing results down and iterating


    Skills

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


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Yes, I was given my own independent project to work and I had to take decisions of what angles I was going to explore and research.


  • 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 I had a line manager and buddy within a metre of me who I could ask questions to whenever I was stuck


  • 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?
  • Welcoming, educational


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • It was tough work but I really enjoyed it. It forced me to strech my mind and tackle difficult concepts which is exactly the challenge I was looking for. It was also a very nice atmosphere and office to come into everyday.


  • 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 MUFG
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend MUFG to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MUFG
  • For quant roles be really good at probability theory and stochastic calculus. Develop an interest in a nicche and be open minded


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

August 2023


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