Commercial banking intern Review

by HSBC

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Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • I updated a lot of spreadsheets related to private equity houses and their investments, as well as adding market updates almost daily.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Excel, relationship building and maintaining

  • 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?

    • Not a huge amount, however I knew the work I was doing was important as it was used by my manager to pitch to clients etc.

  • 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?

    • Lots, everyone is always willing to help and there are many different people/ groups to help you

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

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Great. Everyone was friendly and open to all kinds of personalities

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • Loved it. Would 100% do it again.

  • 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

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC

    • Be yourself and be enthusiastic to learn

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Commercial Banking

London

August 2021

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