Commodity Trading Intern Review
by EDF Trading
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 EDF Trading
- 7. Would you recommend EDF Trading to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to EDF Trading
Overview
Interned on the Short-Term Power Trading Desk Worked on two primary projects; one analytical (trade strategy idea and backtesting) and one technical (updated processes from VBA to Python). In addition, there were also Lunch and Learns as well as a Presentation workshop which provided opportunities for more well-rounded development.
Skills
Greatly improved my programming skills (both Python and VBA). Feel significantly more confident in presenting, as there is a presentation on all the work that you have done given to the Exec Committee (CEO,CFO etc.) at the end of the internship. Just through being sat on the same desk as experienced traders, you develop your understanding of Trading terminology, strategy and mentality.
Responsibilities
Yes, given the nature of the desk I was on, the Traders usually have to be monitoring the market and so cannot always immediately help. This meant both of my projects were fairly autonomous and required perseverance and initiative.
Support & Guidance
I would have regular meetings and coffees with my manager to keep him updated on my progress, ask him questions related to my project and also to discuss and develop my knowledge of the wider energy market.
Culture
Intelligent, friendly and welcoming. Again, the nature of being on a trading desk meant that there was not as much opportunity to go for e.g., lunch together as there needs to be someone monitoring the market . More generally, there were not (to my knowledge) really any regular socials/drinks whilst I was there, although the graduate cohort is pretty small compared to e.g., PWC taking 100s/year, so perhaps understandable.
Your Impressions
I had a great time, got to work on meaningful projects, was under the guidance of a hugely talented and experienced manager/team and it has reaffirmed my desire to work in a trading environment in the future.
Yes
In addition to the basics (reading about company, motivational questions etc.), try to get a base level understanding of power/gas markets. These markets are (in my opinion) more complex than equities or fixed income and so need a bit more understanding, particularly if you're from an Economics or CompSci background
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Economics, Financial Management
London
September 2024
