Summer Intern Review

by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Worked as a part of the market oversight team, specifically in the market integrity unit (sub-division: primary market oversight). Completed a series of thematic reviews analysing trends in the market

    Skills

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

    • Refined writing skills having written a few thematics Refined communication and presentation skills from chairing meetings and leading presentations Learned to use new online tools Refined microsoft office skills using teams, excel, word, powerpoint etc.

  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Given significant amounts of autonomy with most tasks which helped me develop

  • 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?

    • Given ample support via my line manager, graduate buddy, team members and other interns

  • 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?

    • Relaxed and inclusive culture Friendly environment to work in

  • 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?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • Thoroughly enjoyed the internship and would definitely recommend

  • 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 Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

    • Try and stand out in interviews

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Market Research

London

August 2021

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