2. Where is your internship (firm, organisation? Deutsche Bahn Mobility Logistics AG Department: Strategy Development Passenger Transport Subdivision: Strategy DB Arriva PotsdamerPlatz 2 DB-Building

3. What are your roles and responsibilities as an intern? No coffee No copy machine Print daily internal news Preparation of country profiles of EU countries Help process of deciding a strategy for each country Translation of documents, especially power points that are relevant for Arriva Excel data collection before put information in Power Point slides Competitors analysis Analysis of market environments

4. What did you learn during your internship? Be realistic when you write your application  Importance of communication Excel, Power Point Work independently, look for solutions before asking questions Passenger transport market Industry specific things Knowing the right people is very important

5. What would you do differently if you had to do it again? Do not just see it as an internship that just lasts 6 months Be more open to the industry although it is not the industry I would like to work in Be careful with personal relationships with your colleagues or bosses Participate on weekly internship lunch meeting Ask more questions when task is unclear Ask less questions when solution is not obvious in first moment

6. Which one of your three IBMan-to-IBMan forum posts would be most useful for those following you and why? Assignment 3: What are you learning? it is specific to my internship and others might not work in a company that just went through an M&A process and bought another company it is probably interesting to see which problems arise in reality