Investment Banking Spring Week Review

Item: Investment Banking Spring Week at Goldman Sachs Group
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at Goldman Sachs Group

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Investment Banking

London

Review Submitted: April 2021

Overall Rating

4.5 /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!

4.5/5 - Overview of Experience

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Recommendations and Advice

Overview of Experience

Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.

The insight involved talks by senior employees, group case study projects and meeting 1-1 with GS employees.

What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?

Being able to speak to employees from a range of sectors and areas of the business gave me a great understanding.

Please rate how insightful you found the insight

4/5

How would you rate the structure of the insight

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Skills learnt: accounting, valuation, technical IBD related skills, leadership, teamwork and presentation

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development

4/5

Company Culture

How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight

4/5

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Very supportive - all employees seemed to have a lot of time for the interns, allowing us to speak to them 1-1. There was a real team atmosphere and the firm was a lot less hierarchical than I expected

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the networking opportunities?

5/5

Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

The internship was very enjoyable as everything we were doing was so interesting. However, it was hard work, so ou have to like what the internship covered.