Interns Describe Jane Street's 2022 Internship Program

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Interns and staff share impressions of Jane Street's 2022 internship program. They describe learning without a finance background, challenging work, educational and social activities, project ownership, and the chance to explore future careers.

1Different backgroundsOne participant says the internship was built for people who did not already know much about finance and could learn along the way.
2Learning throughout the dayParticipants describe tackling difficult problems and learning through seminars, trading games, programming exercises, and evening social events.
3Owning a projectOne intern enjoyed taking a project from start to finish and became someone full-time colleagues asked about it.
4Exploring a careerAnother participant says the internship helped them decide to pursue trading, while others describe personal growth and learning from colleagues.

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Participants come from different backgrounds, and one intern describes learning finance along the way.
The program combines challenging work with seminars, trading games, programming exercises, and social events.
An intern describes owning a project from beginning to end and becoming a person colleagues consult about it.
Participants value their colleagues, new knowledge, and a chance to explore future careers.

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Learning and participating

Participants describe varied backgrounds and learning finance on the job. They also discuss challenging work, educational activities, and time outside work.

Participants come from many backgrounds and study different things. One intern says the program was built for people who did not know much about finance beforehand and could learn along the way. Another describes feeling involved in the action and valued while tackling difficult problems during the day and still having time for themselves afterward.

A participant describes talented colleagues taking part in the interns' daily experience, from educational seminars, trading games, and programming exercises to evening social events. Another says a favorite part was taking a project from start to finish: eventually full-time employees came over to ask the intern questions about it.

Projects, colleagues, and growth

Interns reflect on project ownership, trading, programming discussions, and the people they worked with. They describe taking new knowledge away from the experience.

One intern says the experience supported both professional and personal growth. Beforehand, they were unsure whether they wanted to pursue trading; the internship helped them decide that they did. Another highlights the people they worked with, discussions about OCaml and functional programming, and activities outside work.

Participants describe the experience as better than they imagined and value taking home something new they learned each day. One says the internship showed what a career after school could look like: they enjoyed the problems, the way they used their mind, and the people they met, and wanted to continue.

Looking ahead

A participant describes seeing what a career after school could look like. A staff member reflects on the program's years of development.

A staff member says the firm has been improving the program for more than 15 years and hopes participants will remember the experience for the rest of their lives.