Summer Analyst Review

I enjoyed the internship immensely and I found it an excellent way to launch my career at the bank. The interns were treated very well; we had lots of events organised for us and our full-time colleagues were very helpful and friendly.

I felt very much valued by my team. I was given meaningful work and I had ample opportunity to get to know my team on a personal basis outside of the office.

I sat next to my manager, so I was able to get regular support and guidance. Additionally, my manager was very helpful in organising more formal discussions prior to my mid-internship review meeting.

I had a fair amount of work to do, but never so much that I felt overwhelmed. I had a mixture of short and long-term projects, so I could work on the latter when I had some downtime.

I was given lots of responsibility, particularly so as the internship progressed. During my final few weeks, I was producing work that was being distributed to clients.

We were given formal training during the first week which, whilst not directly relevant to the division I worked in, provided a solid underpinning in accounting and financial analysis. This, combined with what I learnt doing my day-to-day work, is absolutely relevant to my degree, which is in Business and Finance.

The atmosphere was friendly and collaborative. People were always up for a bit of light-hearted chat, particularly during the World Cup! Moreover, Senior bankers were more than happy to spend some time discussing their career experiences with the interns. Similarly, I never felt uncomfortable approaching a senior colleague with questions or queries.

I found the internship programme very well organised. As I wrote previously, we had a number of different events organised for us, ranging from evening socials to talks with the bank's leadership. Furthermore, it was clear that the interns were valued, and that we were given meaningful work to do.

As I wrote previously, we spent much of the first week of the internship programme in the classroom learning accounting and financial analysis basics. However, we also had shorter training sessions interspersed throughout the programme with professionals in our division. Therefore, the bank invests highly in its interns.

I was thrilled to receive a full-time offer at the end of the internship and I look forward to returning as a graduate next summer. Moreover, many of the junior bankers I met during the summer began their careers at the bank as interns, so future employment prospects there are very appealing.

There were evening socials organised by the bank throughout the internship programme in which we were given free drinks! Additionally, the interns in my division often socialised on Friday evenings too. Moreover, there were also regular drinks with my full-time colleagues, which were a great way to get to know people better!

London is expensive, and Canary Wharf especially so when it comes to socialising. However, the bank pays its interns very generously and also provides a relocation bonus, so the high cost of living was far from prohibitive.

London is awash with various nightclubs, bars, and pubs, so the capital's nightlife was excellent.

The bank has various sports teams and networking groups for its employees, so there was a variety of things for interns to get involved with.