Portfolio Anaytics Group Summer Analyst Review

by BlackRock

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Rating

3.9/5
  • The Role
    4.0
  • The Company
    4.0
  • The Culture
    3.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Very much enjoyed working in my team and on the projects I took part in. Made us feel very welcome and got a lot out of the work I did.

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Extremely valued. Gave us as much attention as they could and as much as we required in order to completely our work to the standard they wanted it completed to.

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Weekly catch-up meetings with out manager as well as a mid and end-of intern review.

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Although given plenty of projects, when unable to go forward with them without assistance that was not available at the time, it was up to you as the intern to ask for more work from another source to keep busy.

    5/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • With one of my daily tasks, I was given the responsibility to train a couple of the new graduates that started 8 weeks in to my intership on how to do the task.

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Certainly brilliant for my first exposure of finance. My understanding of what the industry does and how it operates as well as what BlackRock and the department I worked in does and how it does it has greatly improved. Since I do economics, it is only partly relevant but it certainly will help with the Finance course I plan to do this coming year.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Work hard, play hard.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Very busy and liked how unplanned projects came when the work of the analysts and associated demanded it. Also able to ask for training sessions in areas we wanted as well as what our managers felt we needed so that we got the most possible out of the internship.

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

    • Training took up the time of those training us but they were happy to go out of their way to do this.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Company Parties/Events

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Very appealing. I worked on a great team doing interesting and demanding work.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Went out as much as possible.

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • It's London so it was expensive but being a student in London, you know how to make it a bit cheaper.

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • It's London!

    5/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • There are schemes going on all the time.

    4/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking, Banking, Data Science, Market Research

London

September 2010

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