Investment Banking Summer Analyst Review
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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Supporting team members - mainly Analysts and Associates - in the everyday mansions. This included a particular attention to PowerPoint work, as well as Excel, administrative and notes.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Responsibility is limited and always depends with who you're working. In the vast majority of cases my work would have to pass through Analysts, therefore this "checkpoint" makes the responsibility limited.
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?
Yes, definitely improved the hard skills in relation to PowerPoint, Excel and Factset. Understood better the banking industry's dynamics as well as the sort of relationship skills that have to e built to be able to dialogue with clients.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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?
Lots of independent work is required but once again it depends with who you're working. Some people are very helpful but you have to be willing to build a relationship to favour you in this terms
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 team culture, different from other IBs. Friendly environment where people are generally willing to help
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?
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?
Unfortunately it was entirely remore therefore I feel it was a partial experience. However, still with this "partial experience" I managed to learn a lot, meet people and work on interesting work which made the overall experience very positive.
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 Barclays
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
Understand well the company and industry, connect with people, have clear in mind "Why Barclays?" sort of questions, understand the core values and define how you meet them
