Spring Insight Week Review

Really enjoyable overview and insight into both Global Financial Advisory and Rothschild as a company.

As an intern, I felt valued whilst I was on the programme. It was great to see Directors and other senior staff taking time out of their busy days to get involved and talk/network with us and then judge the group presentations at the end of the week.

A lot. Any questions we had were comprehensively answered, and we had many opportunities to talk to staff at Rothschild (whether they be junior or senior).

The group presentation (and a prior skills workshop for it) enabled everyone to work on their public speaking and presentation skills; vital for both my degree and later on in life. Talking to junior and senior staff enables you to improve your communication abilities and learn to speak to a wide variety of people. The various lectures and workshops which we took part in enabled us to learn more about GFA and Rothschild (useful if you want to pursue a career in this sector and at this Bank).

Very well structured, with a whole host of things of to do each day; talks, networking events and a group task.

All interns got on well, and there was a good atmosphere between interns and Rothschild staff.

Learned a great deal about the different parts of Rothschild's work and banking in general. Also attended workshops on IT, public speaking, work shadowing and presenting. Thus, there was a great emphasis on personal training and development.

Every member of staff I spoke to was frank about their role at Rothschild. Yes, the hours are long and the work hard, but you are amply rewarded, and the culture at Rothschild seems to be better than that of other banks (low staff turnover) and there is more of a focus on the long term.

As stated above, the culture at Rothschild is very different to that at other banks. There is more of a focus on the long term (lower staff turnover, no draconian cuts etc etc). More specifically, the work shadowing part of the week really gave you an insight into the company.

A lot of information was provided; most of which I didn't know before, and therefore the content of the week was very helpful in terms of helping me to decide on my future career path.

Travel expenses were reimbursed and food was provided every day.

Various networking opportunities took place (with recent graduates, third year analysts and directors) which were very useful in terms of meeting other employees of the company.

As stated above, there were a variety of networking events with both junior and senior staff at Rothschild. Although there were not any scheduled social events, I went out with a friend who works at the firm and after the programme had finished a large group of interns went out.

Yes, staff seemed to go out socially at least once a week. Also, one of the members of staff I shadowed played for the company football team and was involved in charity work which was related to the firm.

Yes.