Equity Derivatives Trading Intern Review

Item: Equity Derivatives Trading Intern at J.P. Morgan
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at J.P. Morgan

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

Canary Wharf

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.9 /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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - 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.

Morning meeting notes, trade ideas, networking with other desks, group speaker events & quizzes, projects for desk, trading simulation games, research & admin work for desk

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes a good level of responsibility - it takes time to understand the products and you are not certified to actually trade but lots of teams like to actually trade your trade ideaas and by the end of the internship I was doing the initial pricings of quotes from clients before another team member would check it and send it to the client

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?

Developed my coding and excel skills, as well as soft skills developed through networking

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?

You receive both a buddy and a mentor - a buddy is a junior employee and a mentor is more senior - who are not on your team and you can go to for any type of query. HR also very helpful & supportive. There were also two heads of equities interns who were similarly very approachable and helpful

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?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Friendly, collaborative culture - in general people are very receptive to you asking to shadow them and learn more about the wider business. Seems like one of the kindest environments in banking

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?

Thoroughly enjoyable experience - it was challenging and demanding but if you like the work and are ready to learn and work hard then this is the place to be for a markets internship