Summer Analyst Review

I enjoyed the internship a lot. The tasks were often challenging but still manageable. Feeback from collleagues was prompt and extremely helpful. Instructions on tasks were mostly very clear. The work environemtn was very good and colleauges tried to include me in various projects. Generally, I was working on a variety of things in different projects, which I really enjoyed.

My colleagues really included me in the team and I could see how my work supports the team's progress. I always felt valued and included - in the office as well as outside when we went for drinks. Feedback was very direct, but in a supportive way. I felt like I was a full part of the team as I was not excluded from anything that was going on.

Usually, I received very detailed and clear instructions. When my supervisor was busy, sometimes instructions would be shorter but still clear. He would often come to me later to explain me the bigger picture. Generally, my supervisor always tried to show me the purpose of my tasks. Asking questions was encouraged and that was particularly helpful in learning about the industry.

I got very involved with a variety of tasks. After the first days, I got to be very busy regularly. Many times, I was working on several tasks at the same time and had to manage my time well. Working hours were very typical for investment banking. However, I never felt like I had more work than I could handle.

The amount of responsibility I received increased strongly over the course of the internship. All my work would always be checked diligently by the person giving me the task. High accuracy was always expected. I was allowed to participate in a meeting with the management of a client and created and sent out a weekly thought piece to clients. I was also always responsible to manage my workload on my own and finish tasks against tight deadlines.

The skills I developed will be very helpful during university as well. I learned to work very intensely under high pressure and finish things quickly. Overall, I got much more productive in any task I perform. Furthermore, I learned to manage my time even better. The training is extremely helpful to develop a basic understanding of accounting and financial modelling. I am now more able to assess a companies profitability.

The atmospehere was very supportive. You could feel that people were hard-working but colleagues would still find time to socialise during lunch breaks. The team culture was extremely good and we occasionally went out after work. From my impression, the employees cared about the well-being of the interns, that they are in an environment where they can perform well and that they also enjoy the work experience.

The internship was very well organised. There was a week of training in the beginning, which was fantastic for people with little finance background. Even for people with a background in finance, it was a great opportunity to connect with the intern class - connections that would prove very helpful during the internship. The taks on the desk were not pre-organised but really came up to the team. Every intern got very involved with their team.

The internship started with a week of classroom training in accounting and financial modelling. This training was extremely useful, in particular for people with no or little financial background. After the initial training, there was no overall training programme. My team gave me and my fellow intern trainings about different industries in the area we covered. This was very helpful.

To me the are very appalling. The culture is very enjoyable and it is characterised by a lack of face time culture. The company is growing its operations in Europe - so it is a great time to experience that now. Teams are fairly small, which gave me a lot of exposure to more senior bankers as well.

Yes, during the first week of the internship the interns bonded very well. the whole intern class was very engaged with each other. Also non-intern colleagues spend lunch/dinner breaks regularly with interns. We also went out for drinks fairly often. This was one of the very enjoyable aspects of the internship.

London is an expensive city to live in. Renting is very high and also food is more expensive than in other European cities. Drinks around the office are vey expensive too. Nevertheless, as most of the time I was working in the office, I did not spend particularly much during the internship.

The City of London is not renowed for its nightlife. There a re a few pubs and bars in the area but they are all quite expensive. I would not recommend the night clubs in the City but to tke a cab into a different part of London. The bars andpubs were alright to have a drink with colleauges after work but other places are better to hang out for longer.

I was working in the investment banking division. Work-life balance is better than at other compnies, but that still means that you have no chance of doing something outside of work regularly on a weekday. Whether there is work to do on the weekend, depends entirely on what is going on. It is certainly possible to engage in activities, such as sport on the weekend. occasionally though, there will be tasks that have to be performed.