Intern Review

by Bank of England

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Economic analysis, reading academic papers, summarising them, accessing data sources, building charts and pipelines in R, formulating a piece of analysis


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes I learnt R the data analysis program, learnt about the financial markets and the economic dynamics behind investment funds and also how the Bank of England fits into that context.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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 completely in charge of my own research project and that helped me develop skills of learning by my own and owning my decisions.


  • 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?
  • My manager was great and was always available to guide and support me.


  • 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?
  • Very good culture and great working environment in all aspects.


  • 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?
  • I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the Bank and hope I can return.


  • 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 Bank of England
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Bank of England to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bank of England
  • Be sure to know what the Bank does, what its values are and how you correspond to them. Also, be open to learn


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Economics

London

October 2021


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