Investment Banking Summer Analyst Review

by Citi

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Rating

4.3/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

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

    • On average, I work ~16 hours a day mainly focusing on buy-side M&A deals and debt financing for financial sponsors. I conduct all types of financial analysis to understand a company's profitability and ability to pay debt after it is bought by a private equity fund with a leveraged buyout.

    Skills

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

    • I have never been involved in such complex transactions allowing me to comprehend fast how business models of companies work, communicate effectively, time my time as work has to be delivered fast to the clients as well as taking control of my emotions as this job can be very tough even as an intern.

  • 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?

    • Yes, I have. Not to crazy extents but I feel that depending on the person I can be quite autonomous with my tasks.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

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

    • We have received a lot of guidance from the bank and team. However, a common characteristic of my team is providing us with constant feedback which helps us become better everyday but you definitely need to learn how to handle your emotions and not take it personlaly.

  • 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?

    • 3/5

    Culture

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

    • Everyone is very nice and friendly. It is noticeable though that when everyone is stressed, the atmosphere can get quite intense and heated

  • 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?

    • 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 did enjoy it a lot and I have learned so much about this job and myself. I think that this internship experience was needed for me to understand what I like and how it actually feels like when working at a big organization

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

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

    • 3/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Citi

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

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Citi

    • Have experience with formatting beforehand. Take notes of the feedback you are given. Manage your time effectively and communicate when you are overstaffed. Your positivity and attitude matters a lot

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

August 2023

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