Intern Review

Item: Intern at Morgan Stanley
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Morgan Stanley

Placement (10 Months+)

Investment Banking

London

Review Submitted: August 2021

Overall Rating

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

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - 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.

Contribute to presentation materials, substantive and analytical reports and projects requested by GCM in EMEA as well as globally / Preparation of regular data reviews, incl. weekly updates for GCM / Working on risk initiatives including the administration and successful implementation of new regulations affecting GCM

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Opportunity to interact with very experienced people, more senior employees in the firm / Opportunity to lead projects / Opportunity to be involved in very sensitive projects at a very early stage of the internship.

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?

Organisation / communication (written + oral) / anlaytical skills / out of the box thinking

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?

Weekly feeback with manager / Meeting with HR - to track progress, success, obstacles and discuss my motivations, my needs and my involvment with the team.

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?

The culture Morgan Stanley is very unique, centered around colaboration. I found GCM teams very welcoming, ready to listen, help and answer questions.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

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?

Learning so much every day / Diversity of the taks / Team collaboration / Inclusion and networking events / Interaction with so many different people and divisions.