Intern Review

I really enjoyed the summer internship - i met really great people in my team and the work was super interesting. It was challenging initially to get my head round all the concepts and there is still so much more that I can learn but that adds an interesting dynamic to the program as it has really stretched me

Everyone in my team made a real effort to include me on projects and explain what they were doing on a day to day basis as well as dedicating time to listening to me present work I had done - every Monday I presented to my team including the MDs on a market update

I had very good support from my manager and buddy - my manager and I had a weekly sit down to catch up on my ongoing progress and I was lucky to work on a few projects with him and I spent every evening with my buddy where I could discuss ongoing concerns

Very busy - there was always a mix of long term projects and day to day pricing to be getting on with, I never once had to ask for work to do. At times I felt overwhelmed as there were a lot of things going on but my team were really supportive and helped me meet deadlines

As time went on I had increasing responsibility as I was working closely with trading desks and attending a client meeting which was really exciting - as the work is so technical it too a while for me to be able to get involved in the team work and have responsibility to price things on my own

I learned more in 8 weeks at Barclays than I have learned in a year at university, as I was in a rather technical team it took a while to get the hang of all the concepts and ideas around hedging but now I can say I have increased my knowledge hugely and hope this will help when I return to university

My team were really great and made for a lovely atmosphere in the office - we regularly had team drinks and had BBQs. I also played in a banking football tournament with my team which was really good fun and allowed me to extend my relationships with people across the office

From my team I felt the internship was really well organized - they had a clear program of events and tasks which they were looking for me to complete and made this clear from the outset. I feel that HR could have organized more events which would have helped the social side with other interns

They helped me learn lots about the team work

I would love a job but unsure what the chances of this are depending on headcount

We regularly had team drinks and had BBQs. I also played in a banking football tournament with my team which was really good fun and allowed me to extend my relationships with people across the office. I feel that HR could have organized more events which would have helped the social side with other interns as this was a shame I never met many other interns except the ones who sat near me

Expensive

Good on Friday and thursday

Yes - the football