Spring Intern Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.2/5
  • About You
    4.3
  • The Company
    4.4
  • Everything Else
    4.0

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • This Spring Week was a fantastic experience to help understand the world of banking a little bit more. We were given the time of CEOs, and other high-up employees that helped explain what life in Barclays is like on a day to day basis. I viewed as lot better than expected.

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
  • I believe that myself and all of the other candidates felt as highly valued individuals throughout our short week in the headquarters. Not only did we have multiple employees with us throughout the week, but people went above and beyond the minimum expected of them, and was clear they wanted to be there.

    5/5

  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
  • As mentioned, there were endless amounts of employees around to answer each and every question that we had, no matter how taboo the topic may have been considered. These people also mentioned honestly their opinions about what would be best, and is much more useful when making a career decision.

    5/5

  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Whilst perhaps of little use during my degree, some of the insight I gained will be of much use to me throughout the rest of my life, as it did help me decide a bit more which career I may go into. The information was almost priceless to receive from others.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?
  • Before even starting the insight, we were all emailed a structured breakdown of timings for the week, which in itself was very useful as it gave timings down to around 15 minutes, all the way throughout the day. Even more usefully, this timing was largely stuck to for the duration.

    5/5

  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
  • It took a little while to get to know the rest of the group. Whilst it was not awkward during this time, there was that slight tense period. Once everyone started to open up a bit, we could all tell that we were like minded people and enjoyed each others company,

    4/5

  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • We all undertook a type of Emotional Intelligence test, and gained some insight to the different ways people work. Other than that, there was not much training provided, however this was not the aim of this week and would not be fair to judge the week purely on this test.

    5/5

  • 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?
  • The Spring Week with Barclays UK gave a wonderful insight to what working full time is like with Barclays UK, as we were able to speak and even shadow people that were doing the roles that we could potentially be doing in a few years time. It was very insightful.

    5/5

  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
  • Surprisingly, the culture I had expected was very much different from what I actually saw. This implies that the insight was very much helpful in understanding company culture. The culture itself was also very much positive, and we were shown this multiple times a day by various people on the programme.

    4/5

  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
  • I found it to be very valuable as I hadn't seriously considered a career in these sections before.

    5/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
  • We were reimbursed generously for our time.


  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
  • We had various 'speed dating' style events, however I expected more to take place in the evenings.

    4/5

  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
  • When they occurred throughout the day, they were very good. I noticed that you were able to talk to whomever you wanted quite freely.

    4/5

  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
  • Yes - apart from qualifications, there were sports and other recreational events people could attend.

    4/5

  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
  • I would highly recommend this Spring Week programme to a friend. Being with Barclays UK allowed me to discover much more about Barclays and the world of finance in itself; a competitor bank would not have provided such a great insight. We were able to learn so much in such little time.

    5/5

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Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

April 2018


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