Securities
Candidates currently pursuing a college or university degree may apply for a summer analyst internship. If you are currently pursuing an MBA or advanced degree, we invite you to apply for a summer associate internship.
These internships provide you with an opportunity to gain valuable work experience while developing and demonstrating your skills in the financial industry.
We welcome candidates from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds. If you are interested in the financial markets, have strong academic performance and professional drive, we encourage you to apply, regardless of your discipline or major.
We look for individuals who can balance competition and team work, have intensity and integrity, intellectual curiosity, leadership potential and a passion for excellence. In return, we can offer you a short-term position with real responsibility, outstanding training and the chance to learn from the best.
Summer Program Overview
The Securities Division Summer Program in the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia excluding Japan is a total of ten weeks, beginning with 1 to 2 weeks of training. This training includes a detailed explanation of the roles within Equities and Fixed Income, Business Unit Overviews, Trading Simulations and information on how best to navigate the internship process. After training, summer interns have desk rotations and a number of desk placements. Summer intern responsibilities can include (but are not limited to): creating client solicitation materials, updating client lists, transaction proposals, structuring, pricing, marketing, financing and much more.
Throughout the summer, the program includes lunches or dinners hosted by Senior MDs, presentations and panels. Students will have the opportunity to participate in small group assignments that involve research, presentations and networking. Securities Summer Program participants will also enjoy a day of Community TeamWorks and a wide array of networking events. There will be a strong mentoring component as well as an opportunity to receive both on-going informal and formal feedback.
Other Internships
In addition to traditional summer programs, we offer unique internship opportunities that vary by division and region. Refer to Unique Positions for information.
Some of these internships include:
The Americas Securities Division Spring Program Overview
The Securities Division Americas Spring Program is a great opportunity for sophomores to discover the fast paced environments of Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, where global events have a profound, immediate and dramatic effect on the markets. This one-week program is open to sophomores currently pursuing a college or university degree. The program is geared towards those with a strong interest in the markets and aims to provide insight into a career in the sales & trading businesses as well as give students an understanding of the capital markets.
Strong performers from the Spring Program may receive offers for the 2011 Securities Summer Analyst Program. Top performers may receive offers for the upcoming 2010 Securities Summer Analyst Program.
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa Securities Division Spring Program Overview
The Securities Division is a fast-paced environment where global events have a profound, immediate and dramatic effect on the markets. Within the Securities Division, Equities is a world leader in assisting institutional investors and issuers in equity (stock) markets across the globe, while Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities is at the forefront of global markets in fixed income, foreign exchange and traded commodities. Accordingly, it has been labeled the ultimate current affairs business.
The eight-day Spring program takes place in the London office and features seminars, presentations, desk rotations with teams across the trading floors, challenging assignments, team projects and social events.
Strong performers from the Spring Program may receive offers for the 2011 Securities Summer Analyst Program.
Frankfurt and Zurich
If you are studying in continental Europe, you are not necessarily always looking for an internship in the summer. That is why our Frankfurt and Zurich offices offer internships throughout the academic year. Our Off-Cycle internships run from 2 to 6 months and are offered to students in their penultimate year.
Goldman Sachs Spring Internship Program - Africa Initiative
This program is for undergraduate students studying in Ghana and Nigeria. To be eligible, you must expect to graduate in 2012 (typically this would mean that you would currently be in the first year of a three-year course or the second year of a four-year course). Program attendees will be flown to London in April 2010 to spend up to 10 days in our offices, gaining an insight into our businesses and culture. The program features seminars, divisional rotations, interesting assignments and a range of social events. High-potential participants may be invited back to the firm the following year for an 8-10 week fully funded internship in July/August 2011 (with the opportunity to receive a full-time Analyst offer for 2012).