Banking Technology Consultancy Vacation Student Review

by KPMG

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.1/5
  • About You
    4.1
  • The Company
    3.6
  • Everything Else
    5.0

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • Good, lovely people, initially lots of work to do but quantity of work tailed off in latter half of 4 weeks

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • don't think I did anything particularly valuable but the team I was in was really nice and made me feel very welcome.

    5/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • lots of help and support from people leaders, buddys and performance managers

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

    • getting to grips with technical tools was useful e.g. Qlik but would have liked more workshops and with fewer people/bigger rooms they were cramped at times and quite rushed.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • overall insight was well structured shame about limited social intern things until later on

    3/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • positive, people were friendly, good team atmosphere.

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

    • training sessions for 2 hrs every Friday for the 4 weeks, varied in quality, good concepts covered but could have spent more time on them or broken them up in to 1 hr blocks which were more focused and held them across the week.

    3/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • good idea of what it would be like to work in the company as a graduate,pair you up with grads so you can ask them questions about their experience, you sit within a team so lots of opportunities to ask questions .

    4/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • a lot - very friendly and welcoming

    5/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • varied on the day, some were monotonous others more exciting, not entirely sure what I want to do still but made me think about what I enjoyed and what I disliked doing.

    5/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

    • think paid around £1600 (tax and NI to be deducted) for 4 weeks hours 9:30-5:30

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • yes plenty of opps, social and work drinks, very friendly vibe.

    5/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • yes plentiy - work drinks and talks regularly that were free to attend and were well attended and organised

    5/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • yes plenty of choice, didn't see any personally but heard about sports teams, volunteering etc.

    5/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • yes it was an enjoyable and useful experience

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

July 2017

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