Commodities Summer Analist Review

It has been a great opportunity working for one of the best banks in the world.

Everyone has been very friendly and welcoming in my team. In regards to my fellow interns, there is a lot of competition and some people become quite aggressive at some point.

There is a great of support and guidance given to interns.

Depending on the week, I am more busy or not. But there is always many things you can do.

Since day one I was given some surt of responsability, although as an intern we somehow have limited responsability.

As I fisnished uni, this work experience will definitely help me in the future jobs or other courses that I take on. Very steep learning curve.

The atmosphere is great because there is a balance between seriousness and fun. It is crucial to work in an environment that you feel confortable in, and getting on with the team and being able to maintain a good relationship with your new colleagues is important to be able to give 100% of yourself.

I think that the work placement was done accordingly with the skills of the interns, or at least they have tried to place the people in the desks that they could be of a great help. we also had three day mandatory rotation so that we could have a taste of what other teams do within the division we were at. This ws a good way of realizing whether you actually enjoyed your team, whether you found the asset class interesting, or whether you missed the people you were working with.

On the first week we had a training week where we had an overview of the different teams and asset classes that exist in the bank. During the internship we have also had different talks and events where we had the opportunity to network and meet proffessionals from the industry, as well as learning what other teams do and how they all related to each other.

It really depends on the headcount and how many people can be employed. Employment is very challenging these days as well as very volatile markets which sometimes affects on the employment decisions.

Yes, there are lot of people with different backgrounds and different countries, so it is a very interesting enviroment. We've had the opportunity to get to know eachother in social events and the bank does organize enough events so that we see people who work in other divisions.

Living and socialising is very expensive in London, more than any other city in the UK.

Nightlife in London and around the City of London is great. Afterwork drinks are very popular on Fridays, there are always people from the office who would be willing to have a drink.

We have had a Charity day where we got involved helping poor communities in the city. There are different sport's teams and runs that you can get involved in.