Risk Summer Intern Review

My internship experience has been fantastic. It is very well structured, with plenty of opportunities to get involved and grow your skillset. There were also a few evening events that highlighted that work life is not just about your job. You can participate in volunteering, sports or cultural events and join variety of employee networks.

My team is very welcoming and friendly. They treated me like a team member and I never felt like I was just a summer intern. They let me contribute to their daily tasks, when appropriate. They always took the time to teach me things, and provided me with learning materials to build my knowledge.

My line manager and anyone else I was working with always offered a lot of support and guidance. They were very patient, and explained everything I was unfamiliar with. My team always forwarded me material that maybe useful to improve my understanding. Moreover, during the first week, we had a day of technical training which provided an overview of all of the banks activities, and an afternoon of excel learning. However, I think it would have been useful to have a short session specific to our divisions during the first week, especially for really technical roles such as risk.

I think the balance was great. Some days were busier than others as I had to complete additional tasks for my projects in addition to my daily work. On others, I only had daily work, so the day was more free, giving me an opportunity to work shadow other areas or work through learning materials.

Quite a lot! For example, within my first week , I started sending out reports to senior management. As I quickly proved my competence, my team stopped reviewing my work and I was trusted to complete it a high standard every day. Additionally, my main project was to work on something that will be presented to the IB CRO, so I was definitely given a lot of responsibility.

The training was very specific to my division, so I don't think it will be very useful for my degree. However, I have really developed my soft skills, and learnt a lot about being in an office environment like being flexible to changing demands. Moreover, the level of responsibility given to me has helped boost my confidence. All of this has been invaluable, and I will be very useful beyond the internship.

It was great, everyone was friendly and supportive. People are often were busy during morning or on Mondays, but were always willing to chat when they were more free. The entire team sits together, including senior management so you never feel a sense of hierarchy, and comfortable to approach anyone.

My internship was well organised, my manager gave me two projects to work on and I supported daily tasks. However, I believe this may vary from division to division depending on how much work they have that would be suitable for interns. HR organised plenty of events, from various speaker series to social events in the evening to catchup with fellow interns. The orientation week was also very useful, and provided us with an excellent introduction to the bank.

Even before we started, we were sent 10 hours of e-learning. This was really fantastic, and allowed us to build a base knowledge, and made me feel more confident to start. As mentioned before, there was some training organised at the start and team invested a lot of time to train me. However, I do think we could have benefitted from classroom based training or speaker series specific to risk. Most other areas had something similar, but not risk.

It depends on your performance and whether there is space to take on more graduates. Performance is based on three competency based assessments; 2 self-evaluations and 1 presentation at the end showcasing everything you have achieved. Moreover, I believe risk interns maybe competing with placement students so competition is tough. I have not yet learned of the outcome of my internship.

Absolutely, everyone was very friendly. Even though we all worked in different teams, we would meet up for lunch everyday and Friday evenings.

Expensive, as expected in London. However, your pay reflects that so its not a problem.

Lots of bars and pubs nearby!

We can take part in volunteering with the local schools UBS is partner with. There are lot of sports activities from dodgeball to team marathons.