Global Data Summer Intern Review

by Bloomberg

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    3.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I was given a technical coding based prject to work on to bridge a gap in business intelligence, there were also asset class trainings, lots of HR sessions with managers, intern sessions and team lunches to get us involved in culture


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Worked in Python, JSON, QlikSense and Bloomberg propriety technology. Data Architecture, Data Modelling


  • 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?
  • 3/5

  • 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
  • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I think I was trusted to get the task done with some guidance, develops on the level of initiative you show. But the mechanisms to ask for more responsibility existed


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • We were assigned a mentor and a buddy and a connector who helped check in on our progress, our mental health, and connect us to the company culture


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Unique. Nonpareil, They have BOB iniatives, they donate 80% of their proceeds , so charity and giving are big, we could sign up to charity events, communities and societies are super active, loved the hype around the womens FIFA


  • 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?
  • Fairly interesting, go to work at the intersection of finance and technology


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Bloomberg
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
  • Be yourself. There is a unique focus on being authentic and bringing your real self to work, people will listen, people will try their best to help and that's rare in the corporate enviorment


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Data Science

London

August 2023


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