CitiQuest IBD spring week Review

by Citi

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.8/5
  • About You
    4.3
  • The Company
    4.0
  • Everything Else
    3.1

    About You

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

    • I was actually able to do the same work as analysts and learnt a huge amount from the experience

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

    • The work I was doing was being sent out to clients and I was working on live deals!

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

    • Whenever I was stuck on something I was able to ask for help from anyone.

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

    • Helped me learn excel shortcuts

    3/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Given a timetable in advance with layout of the week. Day officially finished at 5 but most days overran by a lot.

    4/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • Friendly open, not as much time to meet with other spring weekers

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

    • Invested time to give me meaningful work and to help me but no formal training.

    3/5
  • 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?

    • Was doing same work as analysts so fully understood what the role entailed

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

    • Only one network session with business reps so did not get to understand culture in other departments

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

    • Helped me see this is what I wanted to do

    5/5

    Everything Else

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

    • Reimbursed for travel and given £40 to spend in the canteen

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

    • You could arrange a meeting and there was one networking event

    4/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • One bowling event..

    3/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • Mainly work orientated

    2/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Yes, great opportunity, high retention rate to summer, really good insight into the business

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Banking

London

May 2015

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