Spring Week Review

by Jefferies International

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • We interns would attend panels discussing the roles and projects of different sector and product teams in the firm. Also we took part in presenting different possible transactions in small teams of 3 or 4.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I leant how to pitch potential financial transaction and developed my interview skills. Learnt more about the different elements of investment banking.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • It was an insight programme for a week, so there was not enough time to get fully immersed and take on any responsibility.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • The team organising it was genuinely so helpful and supportive helping us learn about Jefferies's work and culture. The Graduate Recruitment team were super helpful and welcoming as a whole.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Great team and entrepreneurial spirit. Also the environment was very inclusive of everyone.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend anyone vaguely interested to apply. I leant so much in a small period of time, which I did not think was possible.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Jefferies International

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Jefferies International to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Jefferies International

    • I would recommend to be relaxed on the interview and be extremely diligent and hard working preparing for the application process.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

April 2021

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