Internship Review

The Internship was highly enjoyable. The work was interesting and relevant, the social events are great to meet and get to know everyone else within the business, and the other interns you will be able to socialise with. Being able to get involved with the team and 'feel like one of them' is something you will really enjoy.

Everyone is very willing to spend time with you, with the work you are given being highly relevant. No one ever said no to letting be spend time with them, irrespective of their seniority. You wont find many banks where the managing directors and more than happy to let you spend an hour with them.

Huge support structure of buddies, mentors, managers and those on the desk. Constant reviews and catch up with HR mean you are supported for the entirety of your time. The advice they offer covers Internship performance, help with the tasks you are given and general career advice.

You are very busy during the day, but if you are applying to this sort of thing you will expect and probably enjoy this. It will fluctuate from day to day, and desk to desk, but you will be as busy as you let yourself be. The whole point is to get as much out of the experience, and in order to do so will involve working hard!

Initially you are given work to learn everything you need to know, and then even as an intern responsibility follows quickly. You will need to get the hang of the basics and prove you can be trusted to not make silly mistakes, but this wont be a problem. The work you are given depends on what you want to do.

Having come from a non-finance background, I went from knowing very little, to feeling very confident about starting a job in the industry. The training you receive is excellent, and the significant exposure you get on the desks requires you to learn quickly, and this what you learn is invaluable.

The people you work with are fantastic, and were a lot more relaxed and funny that I thought they would be. Networking is very important, and you can quite quickly end up going out for drinks with your colleagues should you do this effectively. We were here for Brexit, BoE rate cuts, and a few other things along the way and so at times things can get busy. It is entirely understandable.

Weekly breakfast meetings to give you colour on the overall business, a trading game to allow an understanding of how the markets work, weekly presentation tasks to encourage a deeper look into the relevant topic and the chance to develop presentation and team work skills. These are just a few of the things organised for you.

You are given access to a vast amount of online resources before the Internship which acts as an excellent foundation. When you join, further training is provided and a intense session at Bloomberg is compulsory. The normal compliance talks and lectures then follow which are uniform across any bank.

These are difficult times for the industry and so headcount has been an issue, and not something we know a lot about. It seems the majority of the hiring will take place fomr the Internship, and you stand yourself in very good stead if you perform well.

Yes, drinks after work were common and act as a surprisingly good opportunity to network. We often went out on the weekends together too. You will be working with similar people to yourself and will therefore likely get on very well with them.

Its London, and therefore will be very expensive. You are more than remunerated in order to live somewhere nice and enjoy yourself, but forget the prices you've enjoyed at Uni. I managed to get a room with a friend so have less of an idea about the living costs.

London is an incredible place to spend your summer. The nightlife is incredible and there are so many things to do in the evenings and weekends. You will likely have many friends there too, as London is the epicentre for those going on Internships during the summer

Yes- you have mid internship social events which are good fun, other interns will do things on the weekends, youre colleagues will invite you out with them, there are community events in the city for you to volunteer on a particular project.