Investment banking spring intern Review

by Goldman Sachs Group

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • The role did not have any real responsibilities. This gave me the chance to learn about the business and meet people. We had great training sessions on accounting and finance, public speaking and more. Emphasis was put on networking and we were given two case studies to explore more about bankers role in financing and advisory


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Build my network Learned more about financing and m and a Overview of how the bank is run Learned more about accounting


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • No emphasis was more on networking and learning


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Once you got going a fair bit. More could have been offered but enough to get by. I think the schedule of events could have been released early to give more clarity


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 3/5

    Culture

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


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I loved it. Learned so much and was intense at time but since I was enjoying the work and environment it went by so quick


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Goldman Sachs Group
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Goldman Sachs Group to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Goldman Sachs Group
  • Be authentic and open to learning


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

International

April 2021


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