We already have some idea who this year’s interns are at places like Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley, but what are they actually doing during their 10 hot weeks as trainee bankers?
Fortunately, the banks in question have been offer illuminating updates on interns’ lives via their Twitter channels. If you thought interns were just there to work 18 hour days and fetch coffees, you were very wrong. If banks’ Twitter feeds are to be believed, the existence of an intern is much more about…
Attending classes
Here we have UBS’s Swiss interns being taught all about asset management during their second week…
Receiving careers advice from the CEO
Careers guru and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein dispensed advice to the interns at Goldman Sachs…
Receiving resume advice from senior HR staff
Edith Cooper, Goldman’s global head of HR helped a few interns with their resumes…
Participating in exciting team-based events
Morgan Stanley’s interns participated in a ‘simulation’ called ‘run the investment bank…’
Attending ‘summer parties’
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BAML’s) interns had a little get together under a murky London sky…
UBS’s EMEA interns had a drinks party on HMS Belfast…
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Having fun times at local landmarks:
Goldman Sachs investment management interns hugged each other on the London Eye…
And – most of all – helping out in the community:
Goldman Sachs’ interns did some painting in Paris…
And attended a ‘senior prom’ in New York (still wearing the same T shirts)…
While Morgan Stanley’s interns have been brainstorming fund raising ideas for St. Ormond’s Street children’s hospital…
Citi’s interns have been building bikes in support of Barnados…
And BAML’s EMEA interns have been planting, digging and carrying…
(Photo credit: Kumara Surfle)
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