Investment Banking Summer Analyst Review

Item: Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Bank of America
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Bank of America

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

Surbiton

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.

Excel, PowerPoint and writing meeting notes.
Excel contains modelling and sorting through company financials.
PowerPoint contains creating decks to show clients.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes - I sometimes created PowerPoint decks from scratch which would be presented to clients.

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?

Excel, financial modelling, PowerPoint, interpersonal, communication.

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?

Had a buddy, a mentor and a development officer with which I had weekly calls so there was plenty of support.

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?

Great - everyone was willing to have a coffee chat (albeit virtual) and seniors were very open to questions, most of them actually preferred for us to ask questions so that we fully understood what we were doing.