Corporate IT Intern Review
by Jefferies International
Rating
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Skills
4.0
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 Jefferies International
- 7. Would you recommend Jefferies International to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Jefferies International
Overview
A typical day involves a scrum meeting, a couple of team meetings or with other seniors to talk about their work. Frequently there will be talks, events or training on different topics. Daily tasks include updating others on work progress, coding for about 3-4h or getting help with a blocker. You are responsible for 1-2 new features at a time.
Skills
The internship developed my agile understanding, communication, SQL, Python and web API skills. Also, had the opportunity to learn C# and Angular while working.
Responsibilities
Was responsible for a new feature in the internal software UI that helped the trader's work by making new information available in the UI. The task completion was a dependency for another team's task. Developed a backend notification system that identified errors in the backend and logged them to be fixed.
Support & Guidance
Had two seniors meeting with me weekly and on almost a daily basis to give guidance on my tasks and make sure I am making meaningful progress throughout the internship. They made sure I managed to get the work done by the end of the internship and that I enjoyed my time. Everyone was very responsive and ready to help with any question.
Culture
The culture was calmer than I expected for a bank. Deadlines were pretty flexible and people were accepting delays if a blocker arrived. There was an emphasis on quality over quantity. The staff is friendly and rather formal but is very receptive to any needs of others. There is a corporate culture but there is not so much bureaucracy.
Your Impressions
Very much enjoyed all the aspects of the internship.
Yes
Come with prior programming experience.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science, Investment Banking
London
September 2022
