Student Review

by Bank of America

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.5/5
  • About You
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.2
  • Everything Else
    4.9

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • Very informative, practical and enjoyable in respect to exposure to the various divisions of an Investment Bank.

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • Highly valued, these people took time out of their demanding professions to network, provide shadowing, answer questions and know much more about you and how to move forward.

    4/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • Every inch of help needed was at disposal. Nothing was to big/small an issue to be assisted - particularly by HR (and other Firmwide reps)

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

    • Rotations on derivatives desks were vital to my practical understanding of certain theory modules, skills sessions were essential to my presentation assessments, and panel discussions strongly aided financial awareness

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Very, very structured - everything was planned down to each quarter of an hour

    5/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • At times intense, but the bank's culture's vibrant and approachable, very neat

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

    • Individual/group presentations, panel discussions, shadowing - all very important to my personal investment and growth

    3/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • Shadowing could have been much longer - but definitely key to what a FT role is like

    5/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • shadowing and networking events to know more about the people, diversity and type of work strongly strikes a feel of the culture

    5/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • Very valuable in terms of confirming the type of people I want to work with

    5/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

    • .

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • Plenty of scope to meet and expand on networks from BofAML divisions - pre-arranged networking sessions everyday (almost)

    5/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Very structured, strong balance of time proportioned for socials/networking with time to ask questions from all/most divisions

    5/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • Employee Networks are undertakings taken particularly serious by the Bank, with talks from even Head of CSR

    5/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Absolutely, definitely the place and people i'd love to work with

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Investment Banking

London

September 2013

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