Summer Intern Review

by UBS

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.3/5
  • The Role
    3.3
  • The Company
    3.5
  • The Culture
    3.1

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • The content of the work was very interesting. Anything I didn't enjoy was part and parcel of an IB job.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • All very warm and incredibly patient. Was credited for any contributions I gave to projects regardless of how minor and the juniors pushed to give us senior exposure.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • N/A- I didn't encounter any material problems personally. Where other interns did in our group they were helped. The only time I wanted a discussion with my line manager they were very forthcoming with their time.

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • It was a quiet Summer- but this was the case for interns on other equivalent desks at firms which would get more dealflow (due to balance sheet). This meant that there was a lot of time to reflect on our deals, which was a positive.

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Enough. I wasn't given any critical tasks (which should not be given to interns in my opinon) but the difficulty of the work gradually increased throughout the Summer.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I study Mathematics. I learned a lot of soft-skills and a lot about attention to detail when reading large blocks of text- but this is not overly applicable to me degree.

    3/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Good. Everything was relatively relaxed, I did not see people speaking to eachother disrespectfully (as I have elsewhere).

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Was well-structured re training and hitting the desk.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • People who were clearly too busy blocked out their afternoons to teach us about the product, when there was no clear value add from us if they did so.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Too soon to comment on this. Cautiously optimistic.

    3/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • It's inherent in the role that not everybody is available to go for a sitdown dinner in the evenings or for drinks after work. Many still made the effort to socialise within the class even despite having to go back to their desk

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Standard for London- expensive for the rest of the UK.

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • We were next to Shoreditch- if that's what you like there's an abundance of choice for bars, late night restaurants (5 min from Duck and Waffle/Sushi Samba) etc.

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • What would be expected from this sort of role.

    3/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

London

August 2019

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