Investment Banking Summer Analyst Review

Item: Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Barclays
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Barclays

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

Review Submitted: October 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

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - 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.

Supporting analysts with ongoing live deal work. Supplemented by additional financial modelling training and insights into the work that Barclays does.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes - the ability to work on live deals. I was given the responsibility of dealing with the analyst presentation. Work that directly was sent to the client on a daily basis

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?

Developed soft skills - learning best practises at work in terms of working from home, supporting clients and responding to feed back. Hard skills developed were in terms of financial modelling: LBO, DCF building.

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?

Good support in terms of training. Given the experience was virtual, in person support was obviously limited. But team was friendly and happy to help and offer advice.