Technology and Operations Intern Review

by Santander

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Rating

3.5/5
  • The Role
    3.3
  • The Company
    3.2
  • The Culture
    4.0

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • The ten week internship with Santander offered a good insight into banking from an operations and management perspective. Although the specific type of work that I was given was not exactly what I was looking for, you are given the liberty to explore other areas of the bank that you might be more interested in, and they will happily facilitate this too.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I was very impressed with how other members from the team valued me equally as any other team-member, rather than treating me as an intern that would only spend ten weeks in the office. This meant that my contributions would be taken seriously, despite just joining the team and lacking past experience.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • 4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • The amount of work was not as balanced as I thought it would be. There were several occasions in which I barely had any work to do, and in other occasions I would actually be considerably busy. Fortunately, I was assigned an independent research project which I could work on during periods time where I was not very busy.

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • 4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • The skills that I have developed during my internship are strongly based on management, governance and presentation. I believe that these will not assist in a huge amount during my degree, since it is a more technical degree (computer science). However, I've had the chance to work on a couple of projects with different people, which should has certainly been useful for improving my ability to work in a team.

    3/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • 4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • 3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • 3/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • National Travel

    Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • 3/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • 5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • 2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • 5/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • 5/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Banking, Data Science, Business Management, Computer Science, Financial Management

London

September 2016

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