TMAP Intern Review

I enjoyed the aspect of freedom. You are free to meet new people, manage your own time, stay late/ come in early. There are plenty of opportunities to make the most of the internship and time in the bank. The work is very varied. Some of the work was within my comfort zone whilst other projects pushed me in skills I didn't expect I had.

I was given a lot of work that I had ownership over so I was valued in that respect. In other ways, I wasn't expecting to be valued as a full time employee after all I'm only there for 9 weeks!

Given plenty of support in my work. Supervisors/ management were very open to questions. 'No such thing as a stupid question' has been said plenty of times. Management were very open. Even for MDs I can come in and ask questions. Approachability was good amongst the senior leadership team.

Perhaps a bit bored at points. But still given enough work to get by.

Quite a lot! Projects I were given involved me leading intiatives and analysing data that had not been looked at before. I wasn't put in front of clients to pitch but I certainly given a lot of ownership in what I did.

I think that I've built up my soft skills very well indeed as I was involved in project management, a lot of networking and sitting in client meetings. These skills will help me well beyond my degree studies. It will also help me in organising my studies when I finish my last year of university. In terms of content matter, I would say there was not much relevance to my degree.

Very positive, approachable and friendly.

We weren't given any fixed training events because it was designed so that we would set them up ourselves. Hence the freedom and flexibility means that I think that the internship was indeed well set up.

Much of personal training and development was done via learning by doing. However, if you asked, people were very willing to spend time with you to talk about the work you were given. In that sense people were very liberal with their time and were very willing to invest in me. Particularly, my mentor was very willing to spend time with me to discuss my progerss.

About a 50% chance of getting a graduate job in your division. Not sure about the possibilities of joining other divisions in the firm- overall I feel this is limited.

Definitely. Played football weekly with some of the interns on Saturdays. Interns also regularly organised lunches/ drinks.

Lived at home so no cost of living. Drinks are generally quite expensive in the St Pauls area. Food was reasonably priced.

Very good. Around Shoreditch there are many great clubs.

I wasn't made aware of too many of them. However, with your more initiative I reckon this wouldn't be an issue.