Project Manager (Consultancy) Review

A great overall holistic experience into management, with a good social life and especially the access to FTSE 100 clients to consult for. Great client teams and the company as a whole is very young, innovative and always keen to hear what you have to say. Access to senior leadership is a great bonus

Client teams are small, especially for the higher profile ones- which means taking on great responsibility and receiving direct feedback by colleagues

Support and communication with the line management was great throughout and with senior managers on each rotation

Varies dependent upon life cycle and company requirements, but there is always something that you can be doing/ assisting with or working for something in the future

A huge amount of responsibility was given during the placement- direct access to world leading clients, locked box projects and you are really valued within the teams you are placed in. Client facing opportunities and opportunities to run parts of the project made all the difference. You can really take ownership with this role and are encouraged to do so

Definitely has assisted with going back to student life. Interpersonal, time keeping and organizational skills are up there with the most improved from the internship. It has also taught me to focus on both task- based and holistic approaches which I will incorporate into further studies. Working in the city and clients head offices has definitely encouraged me to leave my comfort zone and push myself

Office atmosphere was good, including a few ice cream runs in the hot weather! Occasionally pretty quite when PMs are out with the clients, so it does vary The office does need a bit of a re-vamp though, which I believe is coming

The internship was well organized, with client rotations so that interns had exposure to multiple key company clients as well as different phases of the project lifecycle Internal company training does take up a bulk of the first week, but most of this is mandatory and cannot be helped

HR session on the first day was really useful in terms of standards and general guidance on conducting yourself Progress was monitored throughout with your line manager and feedback taken from the seniors on each client project, so that was really useful. Opportunities to enroll upon training by external visitors or company-wide through the online system or in house training

Offered a place for further employment in terms of another internship or placement and graduate opportunities Clear progression options available if sought after

Sometimes difficult with client secondments but internal teams had a fairly good social life 2/3 socials organized throughout the summer- understandably this is an additional cost for the company

It is Bank, so fairly expensive as expected in this area. More difficult for those that were commuting in from far

Fairly decent, always something that is going on- some organized drinks and events e.g. canoeing and tapas, drinks

Big company focus here- charity events organized and promoted during the during, also encouragement of outside achievements and some team building