The Official 2014 Summer Internship Feedback Thread
Now that summer internships are wrapping up, we'd love to hear your feedback!
Questions:
- What type of internship did you have? What type of firm? What area of the country? What year in school are you?
- On a scale of 1-5 (5 = great, 1 = horrible), how was your experience?
- On a scale of 1-5 (5 = very likely) - how likely are you to get a return offer? and when do you expect to hear back?
- On a scale of 1-5, would you recommend your internship to others?
- How did/will your internship come to a close? (exit interview, final presentation, etc.)?
- How has your opinion changed regarding IB/S&T/ER, etc?
Additionally, feel free to share any stories, e.g. the best/worst times of the summer, things you learned, the people you met, the culture at your firm, etc etc.
1) Rising Junior, Middle Market Investment Banking
2) 3 - lots of downtime but the busy times were good experience, fit wasn't the best as everyone is extremely passive aggressive or take themselves so seriously you'd think they worked at GS M&A
3) 5 - got return offer on the last day
4) 4 - decent experience, very competitive pay, hours are less than BB, but name recognition is lacking
5) Exit interview
6) IB is definitely not glamorous nor is it challenging work. It just comes down to who is willing to grind for 90hrs a week for 2 years
Probably the first posting here that didn't do IB this summer
1 - Rising Senior, Logistics and Operations. F15. Northeast (50/50 chance of getting it right ha!) 2 - 4. Good, love my team the department and everything else. Taking 1 pt because I had a lot of downtime 3 - Offers in my dept will roll out later this year. There's always a greater chance to come back by simply applying (+ references within) 4 - yes 5 - yes, all set with everything 6 - It was great to work and have contact with a new industry. Would most likely come back
Not sure if I'll do it for the long haul because investment cycles are so slow. The most interesting parts are meeting some of the brightest (and most egotistic) people across all industries and hearing their ideas.
Consulting in the country I was in is extremely diversified and throughout the three projects I experienced many different industries. I already hold a return offer from the first time I interned here from partner of strategy group but I believe I will still try to find an offer in London or NYC when i get back to school in 4 weeks.
1) MBB 2) 5 - challenging, dynamic work with some of the brightest people I've ever met 3) 5 - very transparent career development (promotion, hiring, etc) process 4) 5 - it's not for everyone but would highly recommend to those who think they might be a good fit 5) Might be a final presentation, but the majority of my internship was in the trenches with the team (not a "go research this and give a presentation in August"-style internship) 6) Had very little idea of what consulting would be like when I received the offer. Having gone through this internship, I cannot imagine a better place to accelerate your personal and professional development. The learning curve may be very steep but climbing it is an incredibly rewarding experience
1) Rising sophomore, RE/Investment Mgmt.,Southwest 2) 3, lots of down time, work was not intellectually stimulating 80% of the time 3) 5, received offer to return as intern next summer. Keeping my options open 4) 4, learned a lot, pay was good, very relaxed atmosphere with little/no expectations to perform excellently 5) Final presentation of research study with the CEO & CFO. Casual exit interview with direct superior 6) Ready for a change in pace at IB/S&T/Consulting will bring. RE is super slow & the people that work in it are normally in their second or third major career-type in their life.
1.rising senior, goldman ny, rotation 2. 2.5 3. 5 (tho not likely to take it unless hf options fell through) 4. 2.5 (for the name obvioulsy) 5. not sure what u mean, probably dine with a bunch of assholes 6. ib not for me, s&t maybe, but need more polish on cv
What do you guys mean by "exit interview", is it just like a couple senior guys sit down with you and ask you about what you thought of the experience was?
Rising Junior. Working as a "Data Analysis Intern" for a F500 manufacturing company in Midwest.
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4 (I'm staying part time through the school year, full time offer possible but the department is not anything close to Finance/Accounting related, and there's more or less a mutual agreement that this isn't permanant for me. Will possibly talk to HR about a Financial Analyst role in the future.)
3, it's not for everyone. Engineering & Analytical heavy, but not by any means an internship for engineering majors. Puts it in a weird place, but it also makes it relevant to a lot of things.
Presentation to a VP next Thursday, hopefully it will go well.
None? Culture here is really, really laid back. No one works over 40 hours per week, some work less even. And surprisingly, the starting pay for anyone here is about what fldps pay, with a really low cost of living here. If anything, made me realize that money is pretty relative to where you're living, and making more isn't always worth it.
For background, I'm an Accounting & Finance major NOT interested in IBD.
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Loved the culture, growing firm that still has a feeling of community. They celebrate each other's victories, say thank you for even completing seemingly small tasks, and make you feel excited to come to the office everyday. Definitely a great place to be
I m a B.A final year student . presently working in shipping as a sailor.want to change in my career. As so willing to go for GMAT.
good man. restructuring is a really cool space.
It really is what you make of it. There was that one morning where I opened up the attorney's mail instead of the company mail (we share the same building). But to my credit, I arrived at work before the senior staff most of the time and haven't fumbled that badly since.
Party with the traders. They know all the right people who can hook you up - networks, ladies, and druggies ;)
1) MM IB Summer Analyst - Regional Office - Rising Senior but graduating a semester late.
2) 3.5. Great guys and fun to work with. Really opened my eyes to another side of IB since the office was small and I would work in close proximity with the MDs. But not a fan of the downtime and the sloppier structure of a regional MM internship.
3) N/A since I talked to the MD about my interest in working in a bigger city and I won't be graduating in May.
4) 4. Great to get your feet wet and get real live deal experience.
5) Exit Review, shoot the shit
6) IB was a little different than what I expected (good and bad). Will be aiming for either a BB/EB internship next summer or a VC internship.
This is gonna be a bit different from most internships on here, but may as well post in case anyone reading is interested in pharma/biotech. 1. Rising sophomore, clinical/pre-clinical strategy at a top biotech company 2. 5 - The company's size was perfect, providing me the opportunity to network with many senior people while also being able to contribute to a top tier company of its type 3. 4 - I wouldn't have a tough time getting another internship there, but I'm looking to explore different things next summer 4. 5 - It really depends on what you're interested in doing. Obviously this is not the internship for anyone who is pure finance, but anyone into biotech finance would benefit from being at a company like this. 5. Final presentation to my group 6. I have definitely grown fond of the biotech industry--I could see myself working at a company like this, consulting for a company like this, starting a company like this, or investing in a company like this. For someone who is studying science and business, this internship was a great experience
@"Stryfe" you sound like you've got a solid resume so far, keep us posted on your path
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