Spring Intern Review

by Goldman Sachs Group

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Rating

4.5/5
  • About You
    4.8
  • The Company
    4.2
  • Everything Else
    4.8

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • Such a good and educational time, brilliant people and friends for life.

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • We had people ranging from all the way from the top of the organisation (EMEA Co-COO, COO IBD) through to Analysts come and speak to us.

    5/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • HCM was available to support at any time and incredibly friendly.

    5/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • 2 days of Valuation and Accounting training was incredibly helpful, as was learning some jazzy excel shortcuts.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • A packed schedule for the whole time!

    5/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • HCM selected the participants incredibly well and thus the atmosphere was through the roof.

    5/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • A lot. We not only had technical training for 2 days with a training firm, but also continuous teambuilding tasks and tips from everyone as to how to do things.

    5/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • Becuase we weren't allowed on the floor due to compliance reasons, but the programme was rather a series of talks. training and case studies, it was very different as to what working would be. The case studies (one in M&A and financing respectively) did however give an idea of what kind of work we'd be doing.

    3/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • Every speaker (Senior Speaker Series, topical discussions) touched on the culture at some point wether prompted or not, and the culture also really came through in everyone we met in a less official capacity (eg buddies).

    5/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • It was good to understand more about financing, but as I already know I want to go into IBD it wasn't too helpful for me specifically.

    3/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

    • Expenses were reimbursed if you didn't live very nearby (flight, hotel, etc) but this wasn't relevant for me.

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • There were many 'official' networking events with people ranging from analysts to PMD's, but also more informal ones.

    5/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Good, (breakfasts, lunches, evening drinks, 'candy party', pub quiz etc.)

    5/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • Affinity networks, gym, football, etc.

    5/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Had so much fun, and genuinely, the people are so nice!

    5/5
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Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Investment Banking

London

April 2013

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