Summer Associate Review
by Bank of America
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
3.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Bank of America
- 7. Would you recommend Bank of America to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bank of America
Overview
I met with my line manager every morning to discuss projects and the day's taskings. I then would attend 2/3 meetings throughout the day, and in between I would complete my work and conduct training. The day was roughly 9am-5pm every day after the 3-week orientation.
Skills
I developed my understanding of market risk technology, alongside working with SQL and Python. I continued excellent communication by regularly updating my team about my progress.
Responsibilities
I was pretty much left to work autonomously, but there was a lot of support available if I was stuck or struggling with the workload/content.
Support & Guidance
The team manager held teaching sessions to aid my understanding of banking and finance in general. I met all of my team individually at the start of the internship. I was also assigned a buddy and a mentor to ensure I had a lot of people to support me. I met with my line manager every day to ensure that I was doing well.
Culture
Everyone was very welcoming and helpful. Even people who weren't in my team were willing to take half an hour out of their day to speak to me about their job and experience of the bank. There were lots of events put on to meet the executive team, and to socialise and work with other networking groups and other interns.
Your Impressions
Due to the nature of the team I was in, there never felt like there was enough work to do. I found myself constantly waiting for people to reply to my emails. All of the people were great and the company was very inclusive and supportive.
Yes
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Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Information Technology
London
August 2021
