Spring Week in Technology Review

The Spring Insight in Technology was quite interesting even for someone with no prior interest in finance. I can say it game me a real sense about what this industry (and JP Morgan in particular) is about.

I'm not sure this is really applicable since the programme was only 1 week long.

Thinking about the coding the challenge, the guidance was OK, but the staff didn't really seem all that interested (except for 1 or 2 people).

I think it really enabled me to decide whether I'd like to work in the industry or not. In that sense, it has been a very valuable experience.

The coding challenge was generally well organised. Some of the presentations/workshops were great. But some of them were really boring and I am quite confident that it wasn't just me, but that no one was particularly interested in them (eg. the diversity talk).

It was good. It was a little strange to be in a suit for a whole week, but I guess that's part of the industry. My peers (especially from Technology) were generally great. The more senior speakers were also very good. New grads seemed a little apathetic about their jobs, though. That was a little discouraging, but it was good to see how people actually feel in these positions.

Again, I don't think this is applicable.

As I said earlier, I think this was one of the strong points of the Spring Week. I am now really confident in my decisions about careers in the banking sector.

It was really insightful. Also, it was really good that I could actually talk to people having similar jobs to those in which the organisers hope to recruit us in a couple of years.

Again, it helped me decide whether I'd like to work in a bank or not.

Everything (hotel and transport) was pretty much paid for. You still have to buy your own lunches though. Also, living for a week off pastries and sandwiches wasn't really that good.

Definitely. Perhaps a little too much networking. By the end of the programme, I barely had any questions to ask at the senior networking lunch.

Generally great. Perhaps the senior networking lunch should be placed somewhere in the middle of the week though.

We had a talk about this, which was pretty informative. Though I got the feeling that it was mainly PR stuff and no one was genuinely interested in those kind of things.

Yes. It's a great opportunity to learn more about the banking industry.