Spring Week Intern Review

The insight was a very valuable insight into Investment banking and a crucial head start in the application process of JPMorgan which is very competitive. they made great efforts to make it enjoyable.

Having only spent a week at the firm it was difficult to fit in completely but the teams did provide us with individual tasks on the desks and also a group project during the week which occupied lots of our time.

The HR team was fantastic in helping us with any concerns or niggles, such as rearranging timings or meeting MDs. They put is in contact with people they thought would help us and offered useful advice with networking and shadowing.

The networking skills sessions were conducted by the in house HR team and were not as slick as one might have expected. They were fairly generic advice and involved little interaction. They were still helpful though.

The programme was carefully prepared and timed to the nearest 15mins. Whilst this plan did inevitably run over sometimes it was well thought out and executed with militarily precision.

It was professional but also quite competitiive and formal, because everyone knew they were competing for summer internships. The other intern people were good fun to be around though.

There was some work on soft skills but mostly our time was spent shadowing real graduates which was very helpful. On a personal level of training though it was a little superificial.

The week was very real and the shadowing parts were with the real graduated and involved real life hours. i.e. some people started at 6am if their choices entailed that.

Despite the inevitable PR onslaught at the beginning, the employees were very honest and forthcoming with their opinions and provided an invaluable insight into JPM's culture.

Accomodation was provided in Central London and travel to London was covered. However no tube fares were covered.

Yes, there were 2 evening events for the interns and several networking lunches with senior employees. there were also opportunities to go for lunch with graduates and have coffee with speakers which was very helpful.

They were very relaxed and enjoyable and did not feel too pressurised as they could have done in other banks. The drinks and food provided a nice atmosphere in which to socialise.

To an extent, but most of the time was spent focused on the work rather than social time.

It was a fantastic insight and I definitely learnt a lot from it. It will also look fantastic on my CV and can hopehully act as a springboard to greater internships within the industry and perhaps JPM.