Spring Week Intern Review

by UBS

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.5/5
  • About You
    3.6
  • The Company
    3.6
  • Everything Else
    3.4

    About You

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

    • Very well organised, with a mixture of both seminars and workshops.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • As valued as one could hope to be during a spring week. The HR staff and mentors were always happy to answer questions whenever they were fielded.

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

    • A fair amount: the structure of the course did well to build up experience as the week progressed.

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

    • Haven't had a chance, yet, to apply the skills learnt to my degree, however they certainly helped during the assessment day on the final day.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Very well structured, with sufficient time allocated for both lunch and general breaks.

    4/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • The atmosphere was both friendly and competitive, but not malicious. Even at the assessment centre, people realised all could progress to the summer scheme, so there was a real sense of camaraderie.

    4/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • The fact that the firm set up an assessment day on the last day of the week made me feel confident that they wanted to continue my development and have me as a member of the company.

    4/5
  • 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?

    • Sitting on the rates desk for an afternoon gave me a good chance to gauge the firm's atmosphere as a whole and ask questions to current employees.

    4/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • The firm was clearly keen to dismiss current difficulties with the regulators, however it seemed like a friendly enough place to work.

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • I was already fairly keen on a career in the markets: this experience only helped to cement that desire.

    4/5

    Everything Else

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

    • Those who needed to have expenses covered were reimbursed.

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

    • Plenty of networking opportunities, both individually and in groups.

    4/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • A social event on the first day amongst the interns: beyond that, networking with current employees was fairly formal.

    4/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • There was one presentation about extracurricular / charity activities the bank encourages: this was quite limited.

    3/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • I would definitely recommend this to a friend.

    4/5
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Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

April 2015

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