Analyst Intern Review

Very much so - the work was interesting with sufficient variety in a subject that has a reputation for being a 'dismal science'. OE made it very interesting for interns by asking us prior to the internship about our specific interests within economics, so they made an effort to match up up to suitable projects.

Very valued - we were treated in the same manner as current employees. They made a point of viewing us as potential employees and this was really drilled into in the way that we were given responsibility right from the beginning of our internship to the end in terms of the workload.

A lot of support as they helped us to 'think like an economist' by taking what we've learnt at university and applying them to the specific software packages they use for regression modelling (e.h. STATA and Excel). More contact with them from the when we were first offered out internships would have been nice.

Quite busy but not to a detrimental extent. Typically I would work from 9 to 5 and on some days I stayed behind for a few hours however, the workload was manageable at all times. The fact that the projects were interesting helped in this respect, otherwise it could have been worse.

A lot of responsibility - mainly for the more technical aspects of our projects e.g. data collection and surveying. This I feel took a lot of the pressure off the more senior members of our teams as it was important to be accurate. Nevertheless, this too was manageable to a large extent.

A lot - I learnt how to apply all of the economic theory I have been learning at university into their practical uses whereas previously I had not seen the real-world application of many of the techniques I learnt in my course at university. this made the entire internship worthwhile.

Great - we all shared an interest in economics and politics which enabled many conversations both of the work and of outside interests to be had. This helped with our overall productivity. It also helped that there were people from a wide range of backgrounds working at OE so this was quite special.

Very well organised -the fact that we were asked a few pre-internship questions meant that the entire process was a lot smoother because all interns were content with working on projects that they were at least mildly interested in. The only downside was that there could have been more communication during the application process.

I had plenty of opportunities to learn how to use different types of Econometric software such as STATA, EViews and R as well as brushing up on my Microsoft Office knowledge. I was also briefed on how to create meaningful presentations for clients and how to interact with them in a professional manner.

Very good with the caveat that it is very Economics focus so if one wants to go into a more general consultancy, OE is not for them. I am currently weighing up exactly what I want to pursue, but this internship has no doubt given me an upper hand when it comes to graduate applications at OE.

Yes - a very good, unpretentious environment was created and there was no real sense of competition among interns. We were all there to learn and in this respect were in a similar boat, and this created a good atmosphere among all interns throughout our time working at Oxford Economics.

Quite high as this was in their London Office, whereas I feel that if I were working in their Oxford office it would have been rather less expensive to find a room to rent and general living costs would probably have been lower as well. This however is unsurprising to anyone.

Very good.

Yes - there was a good social scene with lots of club nights, sports and arts activities for interns. We were always joined by a good number of full time employees which helped to increase out opportunities to interact with them. This I think was designed to give us a positive opinion about the worklife balance at OE.