Analyst Review

The placement was a great experience, we had real responsibility and an opportunities to take part in live projects.

At Goldman you are valued just as much as any other employeee, my status as a placement was irrelevant, and I was treated equally as a full time grad would be. You really felt liek people wanted to hear your opinion and even came to you for advice and direction on aspects that you become knowledgable about

There is a great level of support all the way from analaysts through to your managers and department heads. There is a huge emphasis placed on indivudal evelopment and management are always ready to provide feedback both positive and constructive, which is given informally through one to one sessions as well as formal reviews through the year

There are days where you can be extremely busy and days where the work balance is a lot better, however saying this if you have too much on your plate, it is really encouraged to socialise this so you are supported and feel able to complete your daily work

I was given a lot of responsibility that grew as I progressed through my placement and became better at what I was doing. As well as this you are given bespoke repsonsibilities such as projects and taking lead on different activities which are done outside of your business as usual

I have been given the opportunity to greatly improve my skills and learn new ones through training, new opportunities and the daily work I have completed. These skills will not only help me when I get back to uni but also in my future career

I have been in two very different team dynamics. One was slightly more serious at times and the other was more social. Both had good atmosphere in general.

The overal organisaton was very good

GS invested a lot of time and effort in training and continuously developing my skills. This came across thrugh your daily work training, encouraging shadowing of other teams, and constatntly being able to take on new responsibility with the support of more senior members in my team

I will find out if i got a graduate position mid september, but the firm does take on a substanital number of placments

Yes, there were socials regularly both in your team, networks and amongst the placements

London can be expensive but people are open to travelling

There is a very good night life in central london!

Yes, you can join networks that do activities outside of work and you also get an opportunity to participate in charity work with all the other interns