Summer Intern Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • - Help with writing credit papers - Help with management information -Attend team meetings - Work with placement specific software - Assist the team with ad hoc projects - Complete specific learning courses


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed the following skills: - Communication - Confidence - Commercial Awareness - Financial Analysis


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, I was responsible for meeting deadlines, completing learning courses, helping the team with various tasks etc.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A huge amount, exceeded all my expectations. I had support from my manager, everyone in the team, my on programme team manager, my grad buddy and anyone else I spoke to. I felt supported throughout the whole internship. Received a lot of guidance from everyone and the team went above and beyond to give support.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • -Friendly - Supportive - Communicative - A growth environment where progress was supported Great culture and atmosphere, always felt supported, safe and cared for.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • 10/10. I was able to learn so much, whenever I had a request regarding doing something, learning more I was supported and allowed to grow. A ton of social opportunities and things to get involved. Met and built an extensive network of people who all were super friendly and helpful.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at HSBC
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC
  • - Research HSBC and know why youre applying - Prepare for the interview by being commercially aware


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Commercial Banking

London

August 2021


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