Spring Insight Student Review

by Bank of America

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.9/5
  • The Role
    3.8
  • The Company
    4.4
  • The Culture
    3.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Very well planned insight week that delivered an excellent package which was fun and enjoyable. The only difficulty I had was that the week was multi-divisional, so some information was irrelevant or difficult to understand.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Very friendly staff and interns.

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Great support from the HR team, who were always willing to go the extra mile to help us, even with setting up extra work-shadowing placements and the like.

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • We were always busy, but didn't feel rushed or over-stretched, and definitely not bored!

    5/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Only an insight week, so no responsibility expected.

    0/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Because of the breadth of the course (multi-divisional) I learnt a lot about the different facets of Investment Banking, not just the division I had applied to shadow. The course was educational, so I took away a lot from the course: knowledge about the field as well as personal and career skills.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Always fun and friendly, and people were very keen to get to know each other. When we were work-shadowing the teams were very friendly and would come up and introduce themselves and chat to us.

    5/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Excellent organisation with down-to-the-minute timing, so the team managed to pack a huge amount of content into a relatively small amount of time.

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • As the week was just an insight week there wasn't really any personal training. However, the investment in us was great, as several very senior people from the company spoke to us and spend time with the group.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Company Parties/Events
    5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Students on the Insight Week are invited to apply early to the internship programme.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Very good social scene, with events on several evenings with the intern group and also recent joiners to the business.

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Accommodation all provided, and food was cheap (for London) in the area of London we were in (Stratford). Canary Wharf and the City are inevitably quite expensive, being in London.

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Buzzing scene in Canary Wharf and some very nice bars in the city.

    5/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Not really, because the course was so short.

    2/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

August 2012

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