Summer Analyst Strategist Review

by Goldman Sachs Group

Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Worked on projects related to the equities global market division, involving mainly market microstucture knowledge my manager introduced me at the beginning of the summer.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • New skills are market microstructure, algorithmic execution. I also developed my existing skills in Python and SQL.


  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I worked on projects my whole team was waiting for to see the results as well as on side projects.


  • 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?
  • I received a lot of guidance from my manager as well as from the different people I talked with on the trading floor.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Culture of communications and network, there are always occasions to meet people firmwide all during those 10 weeks.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Interesting and insightful, this gave me a good vision of what it is like to work on a trading floor.


  • 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 Goldman Sachs Group
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Goldman Sachs Group to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Goldman Sachs Group
  • Be yourself and learn about the firm culture


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Research, Financial Management, Engineering

London

September 2023


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