Intern Review

Very friendly and capable coworkers and other interns made it a great place to do an internship and learn about banking and finance. HR also organised many interesting seminars, events, and corporate social responsibility activities involving interns. The work itself was meaningful, although there was not a lot of freedom in choosing what projects we got to work on. To top it off, good pay and a beautiful office in Canary Wharf.

I was treated as a full-fledged member of the project team and given responsibility to work on core deliverables of the project. As time went on, my supervisor realised that I could be further challenged with more responsibilities, which would also be a good learning opportunity for me, so I was introduced to two other (separate) projects that I helped out on at the same time. This was, of course, all decided with my input to make sure I wasn't over-encumbered with work.

There was a week of training before the work started which gave us an introduction to the working style of the projects as well as background on the bank. After beginning work, I always felt comfortable asking for direction and advice from my supervisor as well my assigned buddy and mentor. There was also a series of mandatory training programs that we had to complete which gave us a deeper understanding to certain aspects of banking.

The Business Analyst (Technology) role had a good work-life balance. When there was not enough to do, my manager let me help out on other projects that helped to give me a greater understanding of the scope of work happening in COO. Most interns did 9-5 (in COO) although I stayed a little longer because I wanted to.

I was treated as a full member of the project teams I worked on and given responsibility to work on core deliverables of the projects. I sat in and contributed to meetings including those with Ds and MDs. The work I delivered was used in the projects and presented to MDs like any full-time employee's work.

I definitely improved on my excel and powerpoint skills, and only a small amount of programming, although that was just due to the nature of the project I was assigned. Most other COO interns did more programming whilst I did a lot more of building business cases and other business analyst work.

Friendly, fun atmosphere but with a strong sense of determination to get work done, which I thought was great. My supervisor would regularly invite me to coffee meetings to see how I was doing as well as set me up to meet different people in the bank to build connections.

HR did a good job of organising training week, seminars, supplementary training, and Corporate Social Responsibility events. The work itself was meaningful and of reasonable workload. The projects were assigned to interns based on the different line managers choosing interns amongst the pool of CVs/applications. I personally got a project that I really enjoyed, although some of the interns wished they were working on more interesting projects.

Deutsche Bank gave the interns a week of training before we started our projects. (There is a much longer training period for the graduate program). After that, there was additional training on finance/banking that we needed to complete on the computer during the span of the internship. There were also speeches and seminars especially for interns to attend.

I got a graduate job with Deutsche Bank to begin after I complete my degree next year. They retain a decent proportion of the COO intern pool, so the employment prospects are quite good! They are especially keen on engineers, although I was admitted to the Business Analyst line (you get to do a bit of both in the graduate scheme anyway).

Yes, I became good friends with some of the other Deutsche Bank interns and there were regular meetups that we organised ourselves. HR also organised a few introductory and closing social events for the interns. Additionally, we often worked together for our group projects and met up for lunch in the company canteen (also pretty good).

Living in London is never cheap, but the good salary definitely helps. The company canteen is fairly priced - I have a pretty big appetite and usually spent about £5-7 on lunch on a plate piled high with food. There is also enough time at the end of the workday to cook dinner!

London has no shortage of Nightlife if you are looking for it.

London has a lot to explore. I often went out for dinners during the week, and I managed to occupy practically every weekend with activities with my university friends and other interns, making friends along the way. The Deutsche Bank Art program also allows all its employees, including interns, free entry to a number of normally paid art galleries around London.