Global Data Intern Review

by Bloomberg

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I was a part of the fixed income corporate actions team. I worked on a business project where I did data analysis on operational data and then set up webscrapers to increase coverage of our existing product. I also worked on writing a published article on the financial markets.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I developed my python data analysis skills, communication skills, presentation skills and commercial awareness skills.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I worked on a real business project which actually had a real tangible business impact. I was able to expand our coverage for our product by 30%. It was great to have this responsibility to add real value to the business.


  • 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?
  • I had a mentor and buddy assigned to me throughout the internship. I had a daily catch up with my mentor where we went to through the work that I've done and tackled any obstacles that I faced. I felt very well supported throughout the internship.


  • 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?
  • Bloomberg is a very collaborative and inclusive company. It is a very customer-centric and results driven. The general atmosphere was very friendly, but sometimes can be a bit quiet because a lot of people are still working from home.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 2/5

  • 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 really liked it. There was a really a really big emphasis on diversity and inclusion. the internship was really really well planned and well organised.


  • 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 Bloomberg
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
  • Make sure you do your research into exactly what you are applying for and what the role entails. You wont be able to use a generic cover letter/ application answers to apply for this role.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking, Information Technology

London

September 2021


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