Summer Intern Review

I really enjoyed my time at Bank of America Merill Lynch. The junior talent team make a real effort to do lots of events with fellow interns so you get to know the other people on the programme. Highlights include a boat trip on the Thames and an escape room. It's been great!

I felt very valued by my colleagues. I was given my project and everyone has given me help when I've asked. I have never felt like a nuisance to them. They treat me like I am a permentant employee and hold my work to those standards. It has helped to get a proper insight to what its like to work here.

My managers have given me lots of support and guidance. They gave me a very rewarding project which will be used all the time. They have made a real effort to ensure I am enjoying myself. They are very understanding that I am only an intern and so may have stupid questions or might take longer to do something.

I have my project which I have to complete which is split into 3 stages. At first it seemed like it was going to be too much but as I have progressed it has been far more managable. I do wish it was slightly larger, but I understand that I am only an intern and so they won't give me a huge workload!

I wasn't writing code which would be mission critical, but it is important none the less. I was given a set of deliverables to acheive at the start of the summer. I was provided with resources to accomplish this but I had to forumlate my own solutions to present to my manager/senior members of the team. I think it was the correct balance.

I think I've got better at my general Software engineering skills. It quite different to just sit down all day and work compared to Uni which is much more stop-start with the work. I think this will be useful. In general it was more applying my skills which I had learned at University, but that was fulfilling too.

It is really good. Everyone is really friendly to you. I have felt welcome from the first day I started. I think you hear horror stories about banks but I haven't seen that or heard of that from any other interns. People are very happy to meet you to discuss different areas of the bank so you can experience more than just your team.

It was great. The organisers put on some really fun events. We still have a couple of them left. Things like a big party on a boat on the Thames, going to an escape room, barbaques, talks from senior members within the bank. The really covered all bases. The only thing was that there was a bit of setup when I joined my team which was a little annoying. After I overcame that it was great and very, very well run.

We could go and talk to anyone we wanted in the bank and shadowing within your line of business was encouraged. This meant you could really understand what you want to do. I also felt I could ask anyone anything and they would take time to discuss it with me to help me understand how things work in the bank.

Very good (I hope). They don't place too much pressure on getting the offer at the end. It is much more chilled about that. They treat the process almost like you have the job already. I have always felt like they are trying to wow me than the other way round.

Everyone was really nice and we do stuff most Fridays. The events put on by the bank helped to get to know people better. By the end of the internship I felt like we were all friends. There was a really good atmosphere among the interns and we all had a lot of fun outside of work.

It is quite expensive, but that is because its central London. I lived at home which helped a lot with the finances but taking the train everyday is also quite costly. Going out is quite expensive but we get paid well by the company so living costs and things like that are no issue at all really.

Its central London so there is loads on all the time. There are loads of pubs, bars and clubs within walking distance as well as loads of places to eat and other activities. There's stuff on everywhere which you can go and do with other interns. I don't think there are many places which compete for London on things to do and nightlife!

They told us about the different clubs which go on at the company and they said we could take part during the internship but they didn't publiscise how to really join them. I just stuck to things like gym which I was already doing before I joined. They put on events for us as an Intern class but aside from that there wasn't anythign else.