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Summer Analyst Review

at Citi

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

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!

5/5 - Overview of Role
4.3/5 - Skills Development
4.5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.8/5 - Company Culture
4/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Assisting the team with live projects involving power point formatting and XL modelling.
Completing research tasks and attending meetings
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Staffed on a live deal so effectively worked a full time analyst role - mass levels of responsibility
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Financial modelling exposure, managing multiple workstreams and development of ppt formatting as well as attention to detail - v.steep learning curve
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
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?
When available people were brilliant but due to holiday season often left to work very independently
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very friendly and welcoming company culture - everyone at the firm really cares and is great and makes time to contribute to your personal development regardless of seniority level
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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?
The internship was enjoyable through the satisfaction i took away from learning so much throughout the process. I can gladly walk away and feel as though i gave it my everything but learnt so much in return.
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 Citi
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Citi to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Citi
Be genuine and stay true to yourself, network and meet the brilliant array of people at the bank and immerse yourself into the work. It can and will be a truly rewarding experience and huge opportunity to work at a global firm like Citi.
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