Summer Analyst Review

I enjoyed it a great deal more than I expected to. I thought I'd struggle with the hours but in reality the time flies by - the majority of the time my workload was really varied and interesting.

I have only positive things to say about my team. From day one everyone was welcoming and willing to give me time, despite all being extremely busy. I've been lucky enough to build some great working relationships and after a few weeks really started to feel like a valued member of team.

My buddy was great as a point of contact for day to day guidance and my line manager was also very available for more general feedback / advice. I felt comfortable asking the vast majority of juniors in my team for help.

Unfortunately it's just a fact of the job that the workload does fluctuate quite significantly week to week and even sometimes day to day. Some weeks I was extremely busy but on occasional days I did find myself for something to keep me occupied. Certainly could have been a lot worse though, on the whole I think it was a decent balance.

A lot more than I expected! Obviously as an intern you do occasionally get given slightly more mundane work but I was surprised by how much exposure I got through the project I was assigned to. I don't think many summer interns can stay they've shook the hands of two FTSE 250 CEOs after sitting in on meetings with them.

The skills I developed are less relevant to my degree but definitely provide a solid base for starting my career upon graduation. Hopefully the work ethic I discovered on my internship continues into third year!

It's a corporate office so it's never going to be the most exciting of places but everyone in my area seems to get along and are approachable.

Very well in general, HR keep in touch regularly with both interns and line managers and any queries are always answered promptly.

We had a weeks induction at the start of the internship which given the length of the internship (9 weeks total) is probably fair. Obviously the amount you learn from the training in this week is limited so I found I learnt much more on the job.

The internship has made me realise how keen I am to return to work at the company once I graduate.

We had a couple of organised socials and occasional drinks on a Friday night after work but the nature of the job means you're often working late and so opportunities to socialise outside of the office are limited.

Central London - so pretty expensive! I tried to stick to a budget of around £300 a week (including £176 on rent). Worth bearing in mind that travel, food, dry cleaning, beers etc. all add up - so while £300 may sound like a lot it really doesn't go far.

Shoreditch / Hoxton area is great but most of the time I was too tired to make the most of it.

I guess there are opportunities to get involved with but I think on an internship you should be occupied with working as hard as you can to impress the people who'll hopefully give you a job at the end of it!