Markets Summer Associate Review

Citi really took the effort to craft something meaningful here. I got a chance to work in the Equity Research department with a top team and then rotate into a specialized custom solution desk tackling large transactions. The building, the people, the work has been nothing short of stimulating. Highly recommend.

Colleagues were all really friendly and really down to earth. I was able to reach out to extremely senior members of the staff, people who were heading entire departments, and have a coffee with them or shadow people in their team if I was curious.

My supervisor spent 2 hours sitting down with me to explain the sector and detail. I really don't think it is that common, especially given how busy he was.

I was being given some pretty challenging stuff. Of course I wasn't handed the model to make changes to but I was given a sizeable piece of meaningful work to complete within a set time and which would have a visible footprint in the industry.

I was charged with writing research that had to match with up with any other research that came from the floor. That is as good as it gets.

It has allowed me to set my expectations and understand my roadmap going forward. It has also showed me what I need to do to succeed.

It was focused and very collaborative if I needed help. Otherwise I was allowed to approach things the way that I wanted to. It was really as if I had been hired full-time for the duration of my time here. I think that is something very rare, especially at such a high performing place.

I joined and the team was expecting me, they had a set task for me. This is not ALWAYS the case however I heard 9/10 positive experiences regarding the work that is given to interns. I think the managers try hard to put you to meaningful work especially since you are resource they might be interested in for full-time.

I think by the end of it I had been scheduled for over 39 trainings. It was as if I was a full-time employee. All the in-house trainings that were not scheduled for me but available, I could still schedule for myself. I could reach out to anyone and get trained on anything.

The runway is great here for development, and the ability to choose your own path. During the full-time graduate program you get to rotate around for about a year before choosing where you want to settle down.

Yes, fairly social, good bunch of interns and everyone's really intelligent.

Its London so its not cheap, but Canary Wharf is reasonable if you're on a banker salary so its definitely affordable.

No real nightlife other than a few bars around that people use before they go out and about. But the bars around are very good.

Yes you get time on the weekends to do what you want. It is banking after all so don't expect time every day, but you know that going in so its ok. I was satisfied, so were my colleagues. No one was burning out.