Capital Markets Summer Internship Review
by Citi
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.2
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The Company
4.6
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The Culture
4.8
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
The 2 main aspects are the very steep learning curve and the very collegial working environment. Indeed with two rotations and one training week, the programme is perfectly suited to maximise the experience over the course of the summer. It wouldn’t be as enjoyable without a good working environment. At Citi I found all my team members to be very approchable and open to answer any question.
Even if it is not easy to involve an summer intern that stays 5 or 4 weeks in your team, everybody in my team was very proactive in trying to involve me as much as possible in live deals and different activities of the deal process. I was even allowed in my Managing Director’s office during some client calls!
Throughout the entire internship I was in relation with various teammates at different levels of the hierarchy, from Analyst to Director, who I was reporting to for various projects. HR was also super easy to contact if you were to have any issue during the program, so no problem here.
Obviously it’s very difficult to be staffed from day one as an intern, especially in more technical teams that are more modeling intensive, but I still got to be staffed on a live deal. I also want to note that you have a lot of compliance training to do so you won’t have time to be bored,
Of course I didn’t get a lot of responsibility because I was only there for a few weeks, but I was still surprised by how eager everybody was to involve me and expose me to different aspects of the work. Overall I think I was more involved than what I was expecting prior to the internship, even if it was often as a witness.
I think the best skill I learnt, I mean the one that will be the most applicable to my day to day life when I return to studying, is probably managing my time. There is so many times as a student where you procrastinate or wait to do simple tasks, whereas during my internship, I had to be effective if I wanted to do my tasks. I think I really got better in that aspect.
The Company
Probably the best part of the internship.
Very well organized, Citi is a big bank and they have a lot of interns every year.
Really enjoyed the training, especially excel.
Company Parties/Events
The Culture
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
July 2019
