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Citi

Corporate Banking Summer Analyst Review

at Citi

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

Review Submitted: August 2021

Overall Rating

4.7 /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
4.8/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.5/5 - 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.
• Assisted corporate bankers in managing internal aspects of existing client relationships
• Prepared internal memos and relationship reviews
• Performed financial analysis and industry research for prospect clients on the Fintech side
• Supported the team in their daily activities
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Of course the main aim was to help the team in their overall activities, so our primary function was to support them. However, I really think I had the possibility of working on truly meaningful projects - whether that was bond mandates or annual reviews - which give you a lot of exposure as you are working in close contact with product teams. So i'd definitely say we has the opportunity to do actual work!
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?
I think there was not a day in which I didn't learn something new, whether that was Citi's products, technical things specific to my team or just overall financial knowledge in general. I also feel like my existing skills - technical and soft - have improved so much over the past 2 months! The learning curve was definitely super steep
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?
4/5
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?
The team made every effort to make sure we (us interns) always understood the assignments and what was the purpose of the task we were working on. They even gave us weekly teach-ins on important topics for our industry/work or just if we had any general questions. Everybody always took the time to guide me and answer my questions
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?
Company culture at Citi was everything I thought it would be. I've seen strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion and everyone I talked to was always nice and available, I had calls with people outside my team to better understand what their function was or just to ask specific questions and people always took the time to talk with me. Team-wise the culture was great, chilled and relaxed but professional at the same time
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?
4/5
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?
My 2 months at Citi have been great. Very intense and a lot of hard work, it required excellent time management skills but the overall experience has genuinely been great. I had the opportunity to come in contact with some amazing professionals and lovely people, always felt included and never felt like the job I was doing had no importance, and needless to say the FIG team was amazing!
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

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
Put in the hard work from the beginning, do not underestimate the importance of a solid cover letter and make sure you practice the numerical tests! If you get to the interview process make sure you come across as someone nice, humble and curious. Ask questions if given the opportunity, make sure you know your reasons for applying to Citi and make sure your enthusiasm and willingness to join the bank are reflected!
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