Global Markets Summer Associate Review

It was a great and highly intense experience; the focus was on me learning and getting to know as much as possible, as opposed to me helping out, which was an incredible learning experience

Really supportive work environment; questions were more than welcome and when I needed help (even when I called people that did not know me), people were always more than willing to dedicate time to me. Suggestions for improvements were liked and encouraged.

Could not have been better; again, questions were very welcome, opinions / discussions encouraged. Help was given whenever asked for. The learning experience was very real, allowing me to get great insights into the desks where I worked.

There was always something to do / read / learn (and more than I had time to do), but most of the time, I was very flexible in terms of scheduling and could decide myself whenever I wanted to fulfill my tasks (within the deadlines).

Although I was given several tasks that were afterwards sent to clients / directly used by the team, my responsabilities were quite risk-free, because you always have someone overlooking what you do / training you.

Working on one sales and one trading desk, I had the chance to directly apply what I had learned at school and during my former work experience, and could critically analyze the differences. Also, the entire program, the different encounters with Managing Directors and desk-specific events helped my identify better where I would want to work after finishing my studies (for example, I could possibly imagine myself working at one of the desks I rotated through). It gives you such a great insight into what working on the trading floor is like, and the structure of the program also allows you to get to know so many different areas that your vision of where you can add value the best will be much clearer.

Really great (and a lot better than what I excepted). Coming from the buy-side and knowing the 'aggressive' reputation sell-side banks have, I was more than surprised to see such a collaborative and supportive work environment. I had a lot of fun!

The program had a very high number of events, some of which were organized all at the same time and were announced pretty late. I guess this comes with the nature of the business, because we had a lot of high profile speakers, and in a permanently changing market environment it is not always easy to plan their availability, but a more balanced schedule would have been nice. During the last three weeks there were some many things happening simultaneously (events, final project, tasks at the desk), that some nights ended with very little sleep.

A lot. DB schedules 4 different types of events for interns: very personal lunches / dinners with Managing Directors; informative speakers about current happenings; area-specific events that inform about the responsabilities of different desks and leave time to network with other areas; events to get to know the other interns better. Don't think there is anything to add, very balanced.

Great; DB encouraged us to spend time together and it was great exchanging perspectives. We met a lot for lunch and went out at night.

Work is very intense, but working hours are ok.

A lot of bars.