Summer Student Review

Item: Summer Student at Hymans Robertson
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at Hymans Robertson

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

Glasgow

Review Submitted: August 2021

Overall Rating

4.6 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - 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.

Training related to role over first couple of weeks. Client related work within client teams. Meetings with client teams and people manager. Project to be completed over course of internship with presentation in final week. Updating spreadsheets, writing comments and reports.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes. Opportunity to take on important tasks relating to external clienets as well as internal matters

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Excel

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?

2/5

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?

As much as was needed. Assigned a buddy and a people manager and plenty of lines of communication with them are there. Everyone was very supportive 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?

Everyone is extremely friendly. Firm wide social took place. 5-a-side football at lunch times

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?

All round a really good experience. Company culture was great and the investment team was great to be part of. Plenty of work to get involved in, especially if you are proactive. Project was interesting and takes up around 50% of your time.