Fundamental Equities Department Review

by BlackRock

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Rating

4/5
  • About You
    4.0
  • The Company
    4.1
  • Everything Else
    3.9

    About You

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

    • Really engaging and interesting career. Lots of talks by different departments really gave you a feel for the business.

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

    • Generally good. People were all very friendly and willing to help if you wanted to ask them anything

    4/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • This was good although good have been slightly better; would have liked feedback on the week.

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

    • Has helped to make this a potential career option

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • The team doing the insight were brilliant and everything always ran to plan

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

    • Good atmosphere in general.

    3/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Considering it was only a week long placement they had organised a lot for us to do and invested considerable time and effort in us

    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?

    • So many different people spoke to us and you could ask anyone in the building questions if you wanted to

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

    • Very helpful; inclusive and fairly relaxed company culture. Blackrock are not going to work you to death like many of the other city jobs will

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • Really helpful; definitely considering this now as a career path potentially

    4/5

    Everything Else

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

    • I think this was fair.

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

    • Yes, lots of social events and chances to meet people from all management levels of the company

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

    • Fun and with good food and drink

    4/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • A little bit; although there could have been more information on this

    3/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Yes. All round I had a funn, informative and well-worth week

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Banking

London

May 2014

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