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Rating
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The Role
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The Company
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The Culture
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
+: - A challenging internship, interesting - Great team -: - Very, very long hours - An industry very focused on money
Quite good integration, however did not like the industry, too individualistic, money-oriented. And since you work so much, you dont really get time to do anything else and become such a boring person.
I was guided all along the internship.
Very busy but I liked it.
I went to a client after 1 month and prepared the material discussions for the actual meeting with Senior management of the client company.
Skills such as: - organisation - work under pressure - teamworking will be useful for life However, some skills such as finance skills might be useless if going in another industry.
The Company
Just ok.
Very good effort from the HR department to organise conferences with the other interns, welcoming/farewell events...
You feel really valuable to the company on the first day of the internship
Sports and Social Club
Company Parties/Events
Quite good prospects to be hired if you perform well.
The Culture
Lots of interns, lots of fun.
It is in the City. Few pubs around, not expensive. However, lunch can become expensive.
The City is boring after 9pm.
You work too much (Average 9 to 12pm a day - 1 week-end out of two)
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Audit, Investment Banking
London
August 2012