Work Experience Student Review

I very much enjoyed my insight. The people at Citi were all extremely friendly. They showed us how the company worked in many ways through informative presentations as well as group activities. They also gave us a mock interview and mock group interview giving us an insight into the processes of entry to a placement/job. Finally from the technical challenge given to us, I learnt areas of new code ie. PHP, CSS and HTML, whilst also building further on my team-working skills. Overall I found the Citi work experience week very informative and very helpful to a first year Computing Student.

Throughout my time at the firm all staff were extremely friendly to me and approachable in any way. If I had a problem during my technical challenge, members of staff were more than willing to help in the areas of difficulty whilst also explaining the solutions.

If at any time there was any difficulty all members of staff were glad to help. If I had any queries about the company and how it operates, all members of staff I spoke to were very informative in answering my questions.

My time at Citi will help develop my skills in IT greatly. Through Citi I now understand to a greater extent how such a big company operates effectively, how the interview process works for entry to the company, I enhanced my team-working skills massively through group exercises and finally I learnt about new programming languages in IT I had little or no previous knowledge about.

I found it very well structured as from day 1 to the final day, I was always being presented information, meeting staff and learning details about their roles, or being involved in group activities to build my team-working and communication skills further.

The general atmosphere during my insight amongst my other colleagues on the work experience week was happy, this is because Citi constantly gave us information helpful to our educational development, as well as involving us in activities to enhance key skills. A effective work experience program coupled with lovely staff made this insight into IT one of my most enjoyable weeks to date.

The company provided books, pens and earphones for everyone on the insight program. They also provided free lunch as well as a grand prizes of tablets for the winners of the technical challenge. I felt the firm invested a lot in us, in providing material as well as their own time.

The insight was great in helping me understand what it would be like to work for the company. This was from presentations, shadowing of people working and demonstrations of activities carried out by the company on a regular basis e.g. video conferencing.

From the outset the company culture was emphasized around teamwork. Teamwork was the key to a good work ethic and effective completion of task. Through presentations and talks the company also highlighted the importance of community involvement as well as employee bonding via activities such as bowling etc.

Greatly as it showed me what exactly the work was like for various roles in IT via work shadowing and demonstrations from different sections within the company, it has helped me define the career path I want to pursue further.

I was not paid or reimbursed, however I never felt that this was necessary due to the wealth of information and vital knowledge supplied to me within Citi. Furthermore the grand prizes of tablets for the winners of the technical challenge was a great motivational factor.

Yes, on day 3 of the week we work shadowed a number of employees to understand more about their roles. The employees were more than happy to answer any queries that had, and give me their own personal tips for working in an IT company.

Very helpful. We were given plenty of opportunities to talk to placement students well as various employees spread across different sectors within Citi, in order to gain an insight into their roles.

Yes during a presentation given to us, we were informed of various activities organised between the groups in Citi. This involved bowling, golf, social nights and various other sporting clubs and events.

I would highly recommend this insight to a friend. It can be challenging at points, however, it is for a good cause as it provides a student a huge advantage in knowledge over other students in regards how the IT industry operates.