Spring Intern Review

by Bank of America

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.7/5
  • About You
    4.9
  • The Company
    4.4
  • Everything Else
    5.0

    About You

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

    • Really fun, filled with all sorts different activities and information sessions. Really informative.

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

    • Even though I may be still at university, they were very happy to listen to our ideas and questions. Felt like we were working there already.

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

    • Any questions received an excellent detailed answer.

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

    • Presentation skills, how to carry yourself, first impressions. All very, very useful for any sort of job and just generally in life as well.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Obviously a lot of organisation and planning went into this since we were able to meet and talk to some pretty senior people within the organization.

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

    • Enthusiastic yet casual. Unfortunately a lot of people were also a bit tired and some people felt that the numerous business overviews became a bit tedious, but still very active and fun.

    4/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • They really pulled together all the resources they had to make the time worthwhile.

    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?

    • Unfortunately, not a fault of the company itself, but the places I wanted to work shadow were all highly confidential. However, from what I heard about others who were able to work shadow, they thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt a lot about it.

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

    • After talking to so many people in a wide range of departments, I really got an idea of what the company was all about.

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

    • Very helpful. A pity I did not get to work shadow, but all the networking events made up for that.

    5/5

    Everything Else

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

    • Fully reimbursed. No complications.

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

    • Tons. ALmost every night was a social networking drinks event. And thursday was an excellent dinner where we got to sit around with business analysts for several hours and really get to know them.

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

    • Everyone was really friendly and helpful, as well as really eager to talk and chat with us. No question was too stupid.

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

    • We had a whole overview of all the different things that employees can get involved in outside of their daily jobs. the fact that they are run by the employees themselves was a really good indication of the commitment employees have to making peoples lives better.

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

    • Really good thing for people who are interested in banking in general, but also Bank of America.

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Commercial Banking, Investment Banking, Banking

London

April 2014

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