equity research intern Review

I found the experience incredibly rewarding and enjoyed the challenge of being in a completely new environment. It was great to learn how the company works and how the different departments function together. I also enjoyed feeling that I was adding value to my team by completing tasks set to the best of my ability.

I felt that my colleagues and line manager were impressed with the quality and speed of my work and felt that I had added value to the team by doing tasks that were intrinsically helpful to their jobs.

I felt that there was always someone I could ask if ever I was unsure of a task. I was also gassigned a Buddy who was a recent graduate to whom I could talk with about everyday queries. This was incredibly useful.

The business of the days varied but in general I always felt that I had a task to be working on. I also had a longer term project to do so that if I finished any day to day tasks early I could always be working on my project.

I was given a fair bit of responsibility in the terms that I was extending models which would ultimately change estimates if I did them incorrectly. Also, for my project I had a responsibility to ensure that I was double checking what I was doing and asking if I came across any issues.

I think the skills, knowledge and network will be incredibly useful for my future in terms of helping with the banking module I am taking this year at uni, helping me to understand jargon and basic valuation techniques for a futute job in finance and helping by having contacts in the industry.

The atmosphere was incredibly friendly and I felt that I could ask anyone advice and they would almost certainly give me their time. I felt the gender mix was more balanced than other departments I had seen as well.

There were some difficulties in the background screening process but once I had started the internship the orgabisation was very good. There was training initially and then the rest of the time was on the desk where the work was team specific. Barclay's also organised intern events for us quite regularly.

They gave us one week of training at the start but after that the training was more on the job training where I would learn as I was set tasks.

Future prospects are incredibly positive as I believe they are a very good graduate trainer. I also felt that the atmosphere and culture as a whole were more impressive than some other banks I had gone to events with.

Barclay's organised a sports evening for us which was fun and an end if internship party. These were good but perhaps not as often as some other banks where I knew friends interning.

I wasn't living in the nicest of areas but the cost of accommodation and travel was still relatively high. However this is what you have to expect for working in London. Socialising was also much more exoensive than at university.

I could often see people out for drinks after work in canary wharf. I did this occasionally but not too often as I had quite early mornings.

I think I heard some clubs or networks mentioned but apart from this I wasn't aware of any other social clubs organised. There was always other things to do around London that I was interested in but sometimes the long hours left you too tired to do much outside of work.