Trading Intern Review

by EDF Trading

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Day-to-day I would work on my main project, shadow the members of my desk, attend lunch and learn sessions and provide the desk with data when needed. Towards the end of the 10 weeks, I would also spend time working on my final presentation, which given in front of the Executive Committee. It is worth noting that although you will learn a great deal about the company, markets and trading, most of your time is spent coding. This is something you should be prepared for, and willing to spend most of your time doing.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learned much about energy markets, trading, communications skills and technical skills. I spent most of my time working with Python, allowing me to consolidate knowledge as well as learn new libraries. I also learned much about SQL, as well as database maintenance. Lastly, I learned how to use Power BI.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Responsibility lies in the completion of your project. You must ensure that the project is reliable and accurate, as the desk will be using information gathered from the project/ the tool you have designed. In my case, I had to ensure that the data being outputted by my model was indeed correct. Sometimes the traders would ask me for specific information ASAP, and so would need to respond quickly, with accurate and reliable data.


  • 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?
  • Throughout the internship, everyone on the desk was very supportive and was always happy to help with explanations, or advice about how to complete tasks. I was given a mentor who was extremely helpful in teaching, guiding and assisting me. At times, the traders would be very busy and so would not always be able to help, however they always endeavoured to follow up with me when they had a spare moment.


  • 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?
  • Everyone in the office is very friendly and happy to help. During the summer internship, quite a few people are away on holiday so at times can be fairly quiet, however this can also benefit you as people usually have more time for you when is quieter.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I had a great time getting to know everyone on my desk, learning in detail about the functionality and operations of my desk, as well as the function of other departments and desks. I found it very rewarding knowing that what I was designing would actually be used and would benefit the desk, even after I was gone. At times the project can feel quite long and full on, however my desk were very supportive of me doing other things along side my project, such as shadowing what they were doing, as well as working on different smaller tasks.


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at EDF Trading
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend EDF Trading to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to EDF Trading
  • Be prepared to work semi-independently on your project, and to spend most of your time researching/coding it.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science, Economics, Software Engineering, Engineering, Data Science

London

September 2023


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