Intern Review

I enjoy a lot working here for my summer internship, in particular for the people who I met all along my 9 weeks here who are amazing, the passion they put in every activity they do, their commitment, their attention to the details and more importantly the attention to the values of the bank.

I was constantly felt valued by my colleagues, but in a positive sense: they gave me feedbacks on day by day basis, that allowed me to understand where to work better and more in depth, providing me some development points and make me understood my strengths and my weaknesses.

I was followed by my lots of people, from the most junior (such as my buddy) to the senior one (s.a. my mentors, product champions, line managers..). The all have given me support and guidance. They all gave their contribution to allow me to improve, learn a lot and grow both personally and professionally.

I was busy all day long but I was able to find, in collaboration with my team, the perfect balance, since I had lots of short term project and long term ones plus the presentation at the end of each rotation. This forced me at improving the time management and in the understanding the priorities.

I had responsibility since the day one during your placement. Of course none left me alone in doing my projects: obviously someone always followed me in the main steps at least, but leaving me the freedom to try, to make mistakes and to improve from them. I think this is the right balance when you have already started.

I developed lots of soft skills, such as team working, presentation skills, backing my ideas, how to deal with my colleagues and with the clients .. but I also from technical point of view: lots of technicalities, specific vocabulary, new programs (Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters...), software and so on.

The atmosphere in my office is definitely stimulating and that is mainly because the team is really nice, they are open minded and you are feeling involved in every moment - the stressful moments are (of course) present but this is only positive if correctly managed by everyone.

The organization of the overall internship program was amazingly set up - there was lots of networking events, extra activities, seminars, presentations, hot topic events and so on. They were able to transfer during the entire period the values of the bank, creating a committed team.

In terms of personal training and development, I think that the company is keeping investing on me and on any other person they have decided to intern. They are providing us not only the tools but also (and more importantly) the opportunities to emerge and make the difference.

The future employment prospects within the organization are really appealing, I really wanted to stay in this company since I'm feeling good in this environment, I love what I'm doing and the people I stayed with. I had a really positive experience with this bank and I really want to stay here longer.

The cost of living in London is high everywhere you stay, and for now nothing is new. However, the area of Liverpool street where the bank is seated, since it is full of offices and other banks, is properly equipped for the office hours. You can also easily find places where to spend some time after work.