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Rating

4.8/5
  • The Role
    5.0
  • The Company
    5.0
  • The Culture
    4.4

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • I enjoyed my internship a lot across these weeks. I feel that I have had a broad overview on the desks I have been rotating within. Especially, I found the possibility to put in practice what I have learnt at school.

    5/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • I have been feeling highly valued by my colleagues. They have been always keen on having a look on how I was keeping on top of the business. Especially, they were always interested in making sure that I was getting what they were teaching to me.

    5/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • I feel to have received a very good guidance from both the supervisors of my two desks. I personally think that the thing that helped on that was the fact that we were continuously catching up thus monitoring my progress. This helped me having a clear view of my strengths and my weaknesses with the respective improvements points.

    5/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • The level of business was dependent on the business needs. Usually I would say that I have always been given work to do across the day and at the same time I have been reserved some time to shadow all the members of the team.

    5/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • Starting from week two I was given more responsibilities especially when people were on holidays, I was in charge of taking care on some communications stuff.

    5/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Overall, I feel that the theory learnt at school helped me in having an easy start in understanding the products and on the other way around, I feel that what I touched in practice helped me understand some theoretical topics.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • The general atmosphere was really positive. All the people have been always supportive no matter what the questions or concerns were.

    5/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • I think that the whole experience was set up properly. The plus point was on the availability of people.

    5/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • In both desks there were one/two people in charge of giving me a more direct teaching. Then, the others have been keen in making me have a look at the practical things.

    5/5

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

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • I think that this company has a very high potential of growth for the incoming years. Especially due to the fact that the average age of the employees is low which means that more people can have a long-term view on their stay in this place.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • Yes, all the other peers have always been supportive and collaborative especially when we had to do some team work.

    5/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • I would say that the cost of living within the area was quite low compared to the other areas in this city.

    5/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • I did not really had the chance to explore the nightlife within my workplace area. However, it seems to be an area where there is more business that entertainemt places

    4/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Yes! The company itself was organizing events with business people outside of the workplace.

    5/5

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Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

August 2019


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