Summer Analyst Review

Relevant, varied and educational tasks was combined with plenty of opportunities to network with fellow interns as well as full time staff at the bank. We were encourage to seek up and talk to various parts of the bank to get a good overview of other departments than our own and we had various network events over the summer. Everyone I met were friendly and easy to talk to and I had a very good summer at Barclays.

I was very well welcomed from the first moment I stepped on the desk until the day I left. People took time to talk to me even though the markets this summer were very volatile and most people were very busy.

More experienced colleagues were always available to help or advise if I had any questions, but they also took initiative to show me things if they were doing something they thought I would find interesting.

I always had relevant tasks to work on, but we were also given the time and freedom to seek up other desks to see what they were doing and were also encourage to talk to a high number of more senior people during our internship, the acitivity level was therefore very much depending on my own initiative.

Being on the sales side, and not having the FSA, there is not too much "real" work I could do, but I was given interesting assignments that added value to the team.

Not having too much experience with derivatives before starting, the learning curve was quite steep, but at the end I could follow the conversation and actually form an opinion on the topics being discussed.

Being on a trading floor in the market turmoil that was this summer it would be a lie saying that every day was a party, but being in a very experienced team meant that they managed to stay focused and do their jobs in a good manner, and at the same time keep up a normal, good mood.

Well organized from recruitment phase to final day. Very happy with the set up.

From the initial hard/soft skills training the first weeks to pitching stocks to senior sales people and managing a stock portfolio over the summer I can honestly say I got challenges on severeal different levels and exposure to many different people. I Also very much appreciate the one on one time I got to have with some very senior people at the bank.

Very happy to have recieved an offer.

From going out for after work drinks and food to a weekly football game, the atmosphere was very good.

The finance districts in London are not the cheapest in the world.

Great bar and club scene.

Played a lot of football with colleages. I know that there were also many opportunities to do other things, but being there for only 10 intensive weeks I did not have time to explore more of them.