Reporter Review

by Bloomberg

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Worked with various teams in the Bloomberg Newsroom. Researched and wrote articles, and produced segments for Bloomberg TV.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Furthered real-world economic understanding, learnt how to report on a variety of topics and write for TV.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • For the most part, News interns were treated as full-time members of staff. We wrote articles, spoke to sources, attended press releases etc...


  • 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?
  • We received a week of training at the start of the internship and support from managers/team mates/trainers throughout.


  • 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?
  • Great atmosphere, lots of events and opportunities to get involved, internship is well coordinated.


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

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

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

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Really enjoyed my time at Bloomberg. Would recommend an internship here to others!


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

  • 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
  • When applying to a News internship, it helped me to list my notable writings on my CV (doesn't have to be finance related) - give you something good to talk about in an interview!


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Journalism & Publishing

London

August 2023


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