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Friendly environment with a large cohort of interns that allows you to meet lots of new people and settle in easily. Events and socials create networking opportunities and a chance to learn about the many different facets of the company. From talking to other interns, the amount of work and responsibility that is bestowed on you seems to vary from team to team and depends on your manager.

Felt very welcomed by my manager and my colleagues. There are many graduates in the office where the age difference is only a couple of years, making it easy to relate to a lot of people working there. Help is always on hand if ask for it

Support is there if and when you need it. You are assigned a first year graduate employee (~8 months experience) as a mentor who acts as a friend and point of contact for any issues you may have. You are encouraged to meet with them weekly. You are also assigned a technical mentor, who is a more senior member of staff, to give you guidance on any technical issues you may be having with your work. Additionally, the recruiters hosted drop in sessions every week if you had any urgent or outstanding issues. I also had one-to-one meetings with my manager every month or so - this was a good chance to chat informally and feel more comfortable speaking to them.

This depends....There are lots of intern events, speaker sessions and meetings that can take up a lot of your day. As an intern there is not so much expectation for you to be productive, so you don't feel guilty for going to these. However when you do have work it can feel a bit frustrating to be dragged away from your desk all the time. As my team used agile, work was assigned in terms of stories and sprints - sometimes it felt like there was plenty of work and sometimes not much.

Worked with members of the main team, pushed code to branches of the main project repository, merged code into the develop branches. I felt like I was given plenty decision making power so long as I could back up my hypotheses.

Practical software development skills are useful to learn but not particularly relevant to my university studies as my degree is more theoretical and research based. Interpersonal and team work skills are invaluable.

The atmosphere is very relaxed and friendly. Most people come in between 9 and 9.30 in the morning - this varies on the team as some teams work later to fall in line with US business hours - and stand ups take place at 9.45. The office is very open plan, which is great for working collectively but can also be irritating when you fee like you need some peace and quiet to get on with your work. The office is quite oversaturated and the number of free breakout spaces seems to be diminishing every week. There is still a nice area to sit and eat lunch, with kitchen facilities such as microwaves, fridges and vending machines. There are coffee machines but they are terrible and I would not advise drinking coffee from them ever unless you really need a pick me up, in which case just get a shot of espresso and see it off before it goes warm and horrible and ends up sitting on your desk for the rest of the day.

Since the number of interns is so large, it is clear that a lot of planning and preparation is needed to accommodate everyone. I think this shows quite a lot, and sometimes manifests itself in the poorly communicated events and lack of "personal"-ness of the program. It doesn't seem like a lot of thought goes into deciding which team you are placed in, despite the fact you are asked for your CV and your interests prior to starting. Hence, it feels like a bit of a lottery as to which team you land in for the 10 weeks. It also seems to be the case that some managers take totally different approaches to the program - some are willing to bring you into the main fold of the team, while others want you segregated off to work on your own side project - and this can lead to totally difference experiences for two individuals. I was also frustrated with the on boarding process, as I had accepted my offer in September, but it wasn't until March/April - when I was incredibly busy with work - that I was inundated with emails and deadlines and aggressive follow ups asking me to send documents.

There is lots of opportunities to learn something new because JPM is such a large firm. There is a training portal with lots of resources for learning about business-related or technology-related topics - you are encouraged to set aside time to participate in trainings and build up a programme of trainings for which you can receive recognition from the company.

I think there seems to be a lot of opportunity to grow and "move up the ladder" at this company - it certainly values hard work and determination, so if you have those traits then you can be successful. The graduate program lasts two years, after which you are promoted to an Associate. Networking opportunities are plentiful so you can always use these to get to know senior members of staff or members of staff from other lines of business that interest you. The firm promotes internal opportunities and holds monthly events for employees interested in switching roles within the company.

Yes, lots of chance to socialise and make friends with fellow interns. The most natural friendships have come from seeing people around the office everyday and going for lunch together. This extends to going out for drinks etc. on weekends. While some interns are definitely more sociable than others, if you make the effort you will feel welcome here. That being said, the social scene mostly revolves around drinking and going out, which can be good fun but also tiresome and a bit repetitive. Fortunately there are plenty of clubs within the company that you can explore to get a different type of social activity.

Glasgow is cheap to live compared to most of the UK's big cities. Nights out can be very cheap as a lot of places offer free entry or heavily discounted entry - as there are lots of bars/clubs there is lots of competition. There are also lots of nice places for brunch/coffee - some expensive, some more affordable depending on where you go (west end is the most upmarket area of the city). For what I was paid I was able to live very well for the 10 week internship and still save some money on top of that.

Glasgow nightlife is great and varied! Trendy places in the west end to cheap Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ-y clubs in the city centre, there is lots to choose from. Glasgow residents very much like their weekends out in the city, you can feel this from around 6pm on Friday when the pubs start filling up as another week of work comes to an end.

Yes, the city is vibrant and full of culture - art, film, photography, music. If you are into sports then Glasgow is home to the oldest football rivalry in the world. If you want a quiet walk in the park then there is Kelvingrove Park to the west and Glasgow Green to the east, while the science centre and the transport museum flank the river clyde, which runs through the heart of the city.