RBS Technology Intern Review

My internship was much less technical than I expected and it seemed that my degree did not play any positive impact in my assignment meaning I wasn't using skills I could've and yet other interns were spending time learning the skills I already had. I still enjoyed my placement though because my team was very supportive and approachable.

My colleagues were all an absolute joy to work with and even though I was just an intern I felt respected by even senior managers. Their feedback was also very encouraging and made the work I did feel valuable.

My manager made sure I was busy but never overworked. He was always supportive and helpful in clearing blockers with positive and encouraging feedback from every weekly 1 to 1. I never felt like I was a burden and even though he was on vacation for 2 weeks during my internship I was not left adrift.

I had valuable and consistent work throughout my internship. Busy but never overworked. Challenging at times but always manageable.

I wasn't given a large amount of responsibility in my internship but my work still felt valuable.

I learnt a lot about agile ways of working, and working in a corporate setting which is sure to be useful in the future. It was not very helpful for my degree other than seeing a previously theoretical topic practised in a corporate environment. I also learnt a lot about the cloud which was lacking from my degree.

Professional but friendly.

Well organised calendar with key dates clearly signposted in advance. However no preparation for interns resulting in many having no access to key systems, security passes, internet etc for weeks. The CSR council was overworked and so query answer times were very slow. many managers were't aware of the intern program structure leaving the interns to have to explain it to them/ or the managers were too busy to give interns any work.

They did not invest above average. My team taught me things needed to be in the team but the program itself only offered a few learning opportunities like an excel course, a hackathon and a System Ops /Security tour.

Very appealing. The graduate scheme is very flexible and exciting with technical skills and learning more in line with my interests and degree. It's also decently paid and the corporate culture here is nice.

Yes the interns had social groups and organised events weekly. The graduate council sometimes ran events but the grads and interns rarely socialised with each other outside their team.

Most socialising was done far away from work in the city centre where it was very expensive.

There was no nightlife near work. Once again it required going into the city centre far away from work.

Yes but they weren't advertised as often or as much as they could've been.