BlackRock

Software Engineer Intern

June - August 2023 • Atlanta, GA

What I liked

Great managers and team. Networking events with interns and full-time employees. Get useful software engineering experience while working on a project we got to demo at the end of the summer. Ping pong table and xbox in office. Free food usually at least once a week. Good compensation.

What I wish was different

3 day orientation was kind of long. Onboarding (getting laptop setup with everything needed to start writing code) could be a lot smoother.

Advice

Getting the offer is the hardest part. Work hard and enjoy your summer.

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Investment Analyst

June - August 2023 • Princeton, NJ

What I liked

Loved the culture and the growth opportunities at the firm. The company values your opinions and allows you to advocate for yourself. If you are strategic, you can get a long way working at BlackRock. The people are what made me want to accept a full-time offer back at the firm.

What I wish was different

I wish I had more opportunities to rotate and work with different departments to learn more about the operations across the firm. Also wish there was more diversity within the intern cohort. Regardless, it was still a terrific growth opportunity. You make memories that last a lifetime.

Advice

Be strategic of who you network with and always put your best foot forward.

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Portfolio Management Intern

June - August 2022 • San Francisco, CA

What I liked

Great culture and extremely smart people

What I wish was different

Be more clear about my goals and expectations

Advice

Connect to people meaningfully, not just for the sake of it. If you ask the right questions, you can walk out of that conversation having learned great things.

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Financial Markets Advisory Intern

June - August 2022 • New York City, NY

What I liked

1. Responsibility on junior staff 2. Project based 3. Young staff

What I wish was different

Advice

Be proactive, ask questions and raise your hand for every opportunity possible

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Summer Analyst

June - August 2021 • New York City, NY

What I liked

I got an important project, where I was able to make critical decisions. I also learned a ton of new skills with more enterprise tools and software.

What I wish was different

I wish it was 12 weeks rather than 9.5 weeks.

Advice

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Aladdin Client Services Summer Analyst

June - August 2020 • San Francisco, CA

What I liked

I loved the ability to work on projects with a cross-functional group of teams - from software engineers to relationship managers to implementation members, I had the opportunity to shadow, engage, and learn from tons of people.

What I wish was different

With COVID, being remote is a different experience, especially for interns who might not get the chance to ever be in person. I'm thankful for how my team was able to adapt to the evolving situation and keep us included like we were there in person.

Advice

Set up coffee chats with people across any desk you are interested in learning from and any level of management. Be prepared to ask questions and share your insights with them, as well. It's a two-way conversation!

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Summer Analyst

July - August 2020 • New York City, NY

What I liked

Although virtual, this internship offered many different ways to learn about the company as well as perform as an individual with different assignments and weekly presentations. They then wrapped the whole internship up with a project that brought everything we had learned into one fluid cycle in which we got a full understanding of the BlackRock business.

What I wish was different

I wish it was in person, but due to the pandemic unfortunately it was virtual.

Advice

Take good notes and take the extra time out of your day to reach out to people in the company to pick their brain and learn more about the people of the company too.

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Research Intern

June - August 2019 • San Francisco, CA

What I liked

Great people, got to do meaningful work.

What I wish was different

Advice

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Software Engineer Intern

June - August 2019 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

- I loved working with my immediate team! I had a great manager who made sure that I understood what my internship project deliverables were and how to achieve them. - I also enjoyed being able to ask any of the engineers and project managers questions about the ecosystem of services and applications that were relevant to the tool I was working on. - Very friendly people in Engineering! (In Seattle)

What I wish was different

- I wish I had the chance to meet more interns throughout my internship. The Seattle office only had 5 interns versus the 80+ interns in the San Francisco office.

Advice

- Take the time to get to know the people you work with, as this will allow you to better understand the general counsel that you will receive throughout your time there!

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Software Engineering Intern

May - August 2019 • New York City, NY

What I liked

I was able to learn how real world software engineering works, I was treated as a full time employee and was given really challenging projects. I was also encouraged to find innovative solutions to the problems that I was given, which ended up allowing me to use incredible open-source projects. There was a lot more collaboration than I thought there would be, it wasn't just people staring at a screen in a office, the office had low walls and big screens, there were a lot of meetings and mid afternoon discussions about the best way of solving something.

What I wish was different

I wish that instead of a 10-week internship, it was a 12-week one. It was also quite difficult to get the ball rolling, once I got in my team, there were a lot of things that I needed to learn, and it was very difficult to get situated at the start because of that. I also wish that I more carefully picked where I lived.

Advice

Don't be afraid to ask lots of questions, good questions or stupid questions, that will make you get better at your job faster and solve your problems faster. Just don't ask it twice, make sure you write the answer down.

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Contingent worker

June - August 2019 • New York City, NY

What I liked

Liked working in a office because I’ve never had that experience before. Up until this summer I always worked with my dad at his condo building.

What I wish was different

I wish I was working more closely with the vice chairman because it would have given me a better look at what I should expect going into the business world.

Advice

One piece of advice I would give is to talk to everyone and don’t seclude yourself from others just because you’re new and don’t feel comfortable.

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Software Engineer Intern

May - August 2019 • New York City, NY

What I liked

There was not a lot of stress to be the best and everyone was super helpful. I was able to learn a lot without feeling bad that I wasn't contributing as much.

What I wish was different

Advice

The best part of the internship is meeting new people and networking. Make sure to spend time doing that and reaching out.

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Full-Stack Software Engineer

May - August 2019 • New York City, NY

What I liked

The workload and learning curve were challenging and rewarding.

What I wish was different

The mentor pairing was not as engaging as advertised.

Advice

Work hard, be open to criticism, and push yourself to think deeper.

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Summer Analyst

June - August 2019 • New York City, NY

What I liked

Fantastic program; interview process was focused on behaviors rather than technicals; great people, great company, great culture. All the higher ups are happy and eager to meet you.