Summer analyst Review

I enjoyed being in a positive working environment where I had the chance to learn without feeling like a burden to my team , it was great have the opportunity to learn something from people with real banking experience. You will learn much more here than you will at uni.

You are most likely to be working on a separate project to what your main team is working on, so this question doesn't really apply in most cases. In the majority of cases it is impossible to truly understand the complexities of what your team is doing in 10 weeks , so it would be pointless for them to throw you in the deep end with their work. There are , however, many opportunities to shadow senior colleges and get to understand what they are doing a bit more.

Talking with my manager was extremely easy as I was placed on a nearby desk, so if I needed some help or guidance it was simple to approach him to arrange a one-to-one. I also was able to speak to other managers from different teams, and they were more than happy to spend a good amount of time with me explaining anything that I wanted to know about their work.

I had a substantial amount of work and training to do throughout the internship. I never felt bored as the company provides a vast library of training that is free to employees , just ask your manager first and you can do as many of the courses that you want or have time to do. The amount of work you are given is appropriate for your skill level and you can always ask for help if you get stuck.

initially I was given very little responsibility , my only concern was working on my individual project, but, about halfway through I was given a task that was pretty important where a mistake or forgetting to do some thing could have had a negative impact on my teams progress. As you spend more time working with your team, more responsibility will be placed on you.

I believe that the internship has improved my organizational skills vastly , allowing me to better prioritize my work and produce more in-depth documentation. My technical communication skills have been improved, at uni you don't really learn how to communicate your ideas and processes to other people as you have to keep your work secret to avoid plagiarism, when you start working you will find that you need to communicate very succinctly and clearly in order to get your point across , you find that you are much more prone to babbling than you thought you were , and you work to correct that.

A relaxed working environment where you can dress semi-casually if you want to. Most colleges seem happy with their work and manage to keep stress to an acceptable level. The office has a large kitchen , with machines providing free hot drinks , this helps to improve the moral of the office in general.

Generally well organized, the communications we got before the internship started were quite clear and unambiguous. At times, the communications that we received while working were quite unclear , in many cases it was necessary to send an email to request clarification. Some emails contained attachments that were important but not mentioned in the email. Most of the events that were organized gave a much lager emphasis on U.S interns , giving U.K interns little chance to speak or ask questions.

The company provides a large amount of training that you can take as you see fit , provided you get permission from your manager. There were also hacking contests, robotics challenges and agile meetups that you could attend to improve your skills in a number of areas, and the company was always willing to allow me to attend these events.

Every couple of weeks you receive an email outlining the different employment opportunities there are in the business , which is very helpful in understanding where you could be working in the future. You manager can give you helpful advice about mobility within the company and how accommodating they are to junior employees moving around and getting a chance to work in other business areas.

Social scene was not great, they're weren't enough intern events to allow people to get to know each other. Most interns keep to them selves, or with people they know from uni. You will get put in to one of two buildings , 90% of interns will be in the first building , so if you get put in the second building it is much harder to meet and talk to other interns. If you do manage to meet the other interns then Glasgow provides a larger number of places to eat out and socialize.

Glasgow is a great place to stay if you are worried about living costs, A large modern flat with two bed rooms, roughly a 15 min walk from work can cost around 400 each a month which is very reasonable considering its prime city center location. Glasgow is much cheaper than London to eat out and to go out drinking .

The nightlife in Glasgow is great , there are a number of bars and clubs to go to that are not to expensive. If you live in the city center it is usually a short walk to all of the better places so you don't really have to worry about getting taxis. The west end of Glasgow offers more of a student vibe , and has a different feel to the city center , but it can also be a great place to go as there are loads of bars and clubs.

There were no opportunities to get involved with anything after work, and if there were any they were very poorly advertised by campus recruitment. At our induction were told about a number of clubs that we could get involved in but it soon became apparent that all of the clubs are London based leaving Glasgow interns a bit left out.