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Goldman Sachs Group

Summer Engineering Intern Review

at Goldman Sachs Group

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

London

Review Submitted: August 2021

Overall Rating

4.8 /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
4.8/5 - 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.
Worked with my team to build the end to end process of automating document parsing for onboarding investing clients
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, my team allowed almost complete control of the integration of my project into the existing system, including the workflow, testing and releases into production
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?
Learnt how to use 3rd party services via APIs, create Spring Boot applications and tests, extend existing UI in Typescript and made use of Java knowledge
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
4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Whenever I required help, my buddy was in office and able to help with my issues/help me figure out who was best to talk to
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?
Amazing, everyone was extremely helpful and really friendly to talk to
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
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?
Amazing time, definitely 5/5
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 Goldman Sachs Group
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Goldman Sachs Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Goldman Sachs Group
Don't leave anything you would want them to know off your application
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