Summer Analyst, Firm Risk Management Review
at Morgan Stanley
Internship (1 Month+)
Banking
Canary Wharf
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Worked in Counterparty Credit Risk analysing pricing of risk on derivatives.
Day-to-day was a couple of projects through the internship to understand why exposure calculations were going wrong and what solutions can be found to fix them
Day-to-day was a couple of projects through the internship to understand why exposure calculations were going wrong and what solutions can be found to fix them
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
A fair bit. Many tasks were independent, but requires quite a lot of help from manager to understand. Culture isn't hierarchical at all, meaning everyone is given responsibilities
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Technical: SQL, python, excel
Financial: options and swaps pricing models, partial differential equation models
Soft: Presentation, collaboration, listening, problem solving
Financial: options and swaps pricing models, partial differential equation models
Soft: Presentation, collaboration, listening, problem solving
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Manager was great. Regular catch ups with manager helped to focus attention in the right places
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very friendly and caring about everyone's individual growth, both personally and professionally. Collaboration is key, but the amount if meetings is sometimes a bit much. Not what most people would typically assume an investment bank is like, much less cutthroat, and much more inclusive of people from different backgrounds.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Enjoyed it a lot. I think the firm puts a lot of effort into the programme and making sure everyone feels welcome.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Morgan Stanley
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Morgan Stanley to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Morgan Stanley
The company cares a lot about its 5 core values. If you are applying, definitely understand what they are looking for and don't try to be someone else. Genuinely embodying those values is what will get you an offer, not pretending to be that person.
