Investment Banking Off-cycle Intern Review
by HSBC
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at HSBC
- 7. Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC
Overview
Worked across various projects each week, often working on pitchbooks and financial models in the context of debt and capital structure advisory.
Skills
I vastly improved my financial modelling skills during the course of the internship, whilst also more generally improving my understanding of the how the bank and my team operates within capital markets.
Responsibilities
I was fortunate to be placed in a relatively small team which had the benefit of more exposure (than other interns in alternative teams within capital markets) and so was able to get very involved in projects during my tenure.
Support & Guidance
Plenty of support was available from both HR and my team during my internship, which is all the more excellent considering my internship was conducted remotely.
Culture
HSBC has a great company culture within capital markets, with the effectiveness of the teams demonstrated through the mandates that HSBC is consistently leading. In addition, it is very welcoming to new starters which I think can be attributed to a balance of providing learning opportunities whilst also cultivating an environment that simultaneously encourages hard work to get the best results. Altogether, there is a sense that everyone is working towards the same goal.
Your Impressions
I thoroughly enjoyed my internship in spite of it being entirely virtual.
Yes
Think about the HSBC values, the current capital markets environment and ensure you fully understand the divisions / specific team that you are interested in or applying to.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking
London
July 2021
