Zions Bancorporation

Private Banking Intern

June - August 2019 • Salt Lake City, UT

What I liked

I enjoyed the opportunity to learn about a wide scope of jobs within the bank. Zions felt it was important to learn about many of the different divisions.

What I wish was different

I felt that I was underutilized. I wish my schedule had more structure and that I had important projects to work on.

Advice

Build strong relationships both within and outside of your division. Trust will lead to opportunities to make an impact.

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Technology Strategy intern

May - August 2019 • West Valley City, UT

What I liked

I loved how they made me feel like I had a say and that they wanted me to be involved with things that mattered.

What I wish was different

I wish that I had lived closer, and that the location was in a different part of time.

Advice

It was in west valley which does not have a lot of things positive about it. But don't let that deter you as the people make up for the lack of excitement in the location.

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Credit Risk Analyst

May - August 2019 • Salt Lake City, UT

What I liked

Zions Bancorp really wants to see its interns succeed, there was a lot of thought and effort put into the program and they trusted you to be hard working and reliable.

What I wish was different

N/A

Advice

Go for it, great opportunity to learn and be in a productive office work environment.

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Quantitative Analyst Intern

June 2019 • Salt Lake City, UT

What I liked

I liked that I got my own cubicle and that I worked on a real project. I liked being able to further my coding skills

What I wish was different

I wish I had been given more 1x1 time with my mentor and project manager to learn more from them. It was hard though because they were very busy since many people on the team quit during the summer.

Advice

Don't hesitate to ask questions

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Bank Teller

May 2019 • Provo, UT

What I liked

Really friendly, encouraging culture. Nice people all around.

What I wish was different

Advice

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Operational Risk Management Intern

May - August 2019 • Salt Lake City, UT

What I liked

The internship was set up with a lot of great opportunities for career exploration. They had a mentorship program and allowed me to job shadow in different departments.

What I wish was different

Nothing.

Advice

Get involved. Get to know your manager, your co-workers, and take advantage of all of the great opportunities they have available to interns.

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Commercial underwriter

May 2018 • Salt Lake City, UT

What I liked

Great company.

What I wish was different

Lower cost of living, closer to home

Advice

Network

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CEO's Intern

January - August 2018 • Salt Lake City, UT

What I liked

The opportunities I was given to learn and grow.

What I wish was different

I wish I would have been given more responsibilities.

Advice

What you put into it is what you will get out of it.

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Credit Risk Project Manager

May - August 2018 • Salt Lake City, UT

What I liked

Zions is great local company that is very established in Utah. They offer the experiences of larger banks but in a more intimate co-worker setting. For instance, I was able to talk and work with all the Senior Credit Administrators from credit analytics to consumer lending - something that would not be possible at larger banking institutions. Also, I directly reported to the Chief Credit Officer (CCO) for Zions. I was able to sit on meetings for approvals on large deals up to $100 Million+ loans and read the credit presentations for these deals.

What I wish was different

Credit is a difficult job setting to jump directly into from college. There are some analysis position, but they generally require programming skills. Instead, most of the credit careers requires years of underwriting and lending experience. Because of this it was difficult at times to see how my internship may lead into a full time position with Zions. Also, Zions is a smaller bank so their hiring process generally involves hiring for specific job positions where larger banks generally have robust rotational programs for people straight out of college.

Advice

Get to know as many individuals in the company you're working for as possible. Due to the nature of my internship I was able to interact daily with executive and C-suite employees. Part of this was because of what I was expected to do, but a big part of my interactions were because I sought them out. Learn about your co-workers and their positions, and which ones you'd like to work with or at least meet with. Many of them are great people with great insight into your potential career path.

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Bank Teller

June 2017 • Salt Lake City, UT

What I liked

I was a retail supporter teller, meaning that I got to travel to different branches within the Salt Lake Valley everyday to fill in at branches that didn’t have enough employees. I loved meeting new people everyday as well as learning from working with different supervisors.

What I wish was different

While I loved meeting new people everyday, it was tough having to adjust to things being done differently at each branch.

Advice

This is a great job to have while attending school. They allowed me to work full time during the summer and part time during the school year and even offer a tuition reimbursement.

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