insight week Review
by Bank of America
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Rating
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About You
4.8
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The Company
4.8
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Everything Else
4.8
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
- 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
- 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 5. How well structured was the insight?
- 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
- 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 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?
- 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
- 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
- 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
- 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
- 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
- 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
- 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
About You
I really enjoyed then insight week, I got such a good overview of the departments which has been really valuable as to what I want to do in my future career.
Very valued, I believe BAML did everything to make us feel valued and to ensure we each enjoyed what we were doing throughout the week.
As I applied through employability I received a lot of support and guidance, especially through the application process for the insight week, this involved receiving extra time for the numerical reasoning test as I am dyslexic. Also BAML really supported me throughout the week to ensure I was not finding anything difficult because of dyslexia.
From the numerous exercises we undertook during the insight week, we developed a lot of skills. What I will take back to my studies to enhance even more so, my skills in team work, as well as to being more understanding of the programming language Python.
The Company
Very well structured, the entire week went smoothly and well timetables
The atmosphere was good, everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and were very friendly.
I believe the firm invests very heavy on their employees, from talking to newly employed graduates on the course they go through a lot of training once they start the course, and this seems to continue throughout there time at BAML.
Yes, I got a good understanding of what a job at BAML would be like through the numerous networking events that took place, I got to talk to employees and how there normal working day is structured
I didn't really know what the company culture was like before the week, but quickly understood it was a 'one team' culture, everyone seems to help each other and gel together to form one large team.
It has really me think of my future career path, and has strengthened my thoughts of one day working for an investment bank
Everything Else
I was reimbursed expenses
There was a lot of networking opportunities to talk to employees of the bank and ask them what their roles were truly like.
Really enjoyable to get to know employees of the company and how they all act as a team
I found out from the tour of the building and talking to employees especially the volunteering BAML allows their employees to take part in
Yes
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Information Technology
London
September 2014
