Wealth and Personal Banking Intern Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Daily or weekly tasks for the team and a Placement Project and presentation at the end of the Internship. There were daily meetings with people from within the bank and frequent communication with my manager.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • There are countless development opportunities; mostly through online courses and weekly skills development workshops. One can develop in any way they want by the really diverse range of courses.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, I had a big Placement Project and presentation; as well as helping my team with meaningful tasks


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • My line manager and wider team were really supportive and questions for guidance were always welcome


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The culture is really inclusive, with many Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, volunteering, social events, collaboration


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • My experience was amazing and it really exceeded my expectations! I would definitely go back!


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • 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 the company well and be curious and show that you want this job


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Retail Banking

West Midlands

August 2021


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