Summer Analyst Review

by Bank of America

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.3/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    4.3
  • The Culture
    4.1

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • Excellent ! It was a very interesting experience. I have been involved with very generous and supportive colleagues and people from other lines of businesses . Everyone was here to help and advice us in our day to day activities. The company has a great culture. I have definitely found a fit within it.

    5/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • I was really valued, my opinion has always been heard. My team member always took a large amount of their time to teach and coach me. My team are very close and I was always invited to after work drinks, team lunch, and team events. We worked together and had fun at the same time, so I can only thank them on this.

    5/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Many persons within my team and other team were involved in guiding me in what I had to do. I always knew where to go when I had questions and very clear guidelines on what was expected from me. I was always given interesting tasks. My manager always gave me feedback after daily standups and sprint reviews, which helped me grow as a person.

    4/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • First weeks were not busy as we had to wait for access to use the software. But After the 3rd week the balance was really good. I came in at 9 am and left at 6 pm everyday. We had weekly networking events, intern lunch or team lunch planned. Otherwise as the work was interesting I was never bored.

    4/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • A lot. The first 5 weeks was my Intern project. It was a proof of concept for a real incoming project that my team wanted to implement. And they are now actually working on what we have done. The next 5 week I have worked on my own on team daily activites and all my 3 projects have been pushed to production.

    4/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • I came in as an Engineering student with not much experience in programming, and I am now completely independent in this field. This will greatly help me for my studies and programming activities. But also I have acquired personal & human skills on how to deal with teamwork, how to behave and how to react in emergency activities.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Very fun. Everyone is friendly. Everyday, member of my team or other in the office brings cakes or sweets for the people here. GMOT held a lot of networking event like 'Mix and Mingle' or 'London Monthly' which helped us network and meet people outside the office. Interns in my team were also really nice.

    4/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • Very well. All the HR events were a lot of fun. The structure of my projects were very well defined and everything was organised. Moreover, it was flexible. I have asked my manager to arrange some team activity aside the project and it did happen. So I would say, the internship was better than expected.

    5/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • They have invested much more then expected. Everyone spent tremendous hours of their time pair programming with me, meeting me and coaching me. We had a lot of trainings and presentation from very senior and bright employees that spent time with the interns for our questions. This was a unique experience..

    5/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Flexi Time

    Sports and Social Club

    Company Parties/Events

    3/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Well personally, I wish to be offered a full time position. As I found a fit in the company as a whole. The culture is great and person I have met were unique. My team, HR and manager were all supportive. Meeting people that went trough the same program and now have an established career is very appealing.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • Very good. We had daily meet up with other interns. We did JP Morgan challenge together. I had always things planned with them outside work hours. My team also planned a lot outside work for social activities.

    5/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Quiet expensive for a student. The compensation was good by the bank but lunch in the area is not cheap. Transports and accommodation within London are expensive.

    3/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Very good. I met with my team or interns every Friday for after works drinks and dinner. It was awesome !

    5/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • A lot. Touch Ruby, Running challenges, Pizza making, pub quiz ...

    4/5

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

West Midlands

August 2016


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