Research assistant Review

by Bank of England

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.
  • Provide assistance to economists and analysts on work to support the banks mission in promoting financial and monetary stability


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Coding in r, python, stata, matlab, latex. Also many interpersonal skills, writing and analytical skills as well as organisational skills.


  • 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, lots of work fed into briefings to seniors and I felt I really contributed to policy 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?
  • Lots, there was a large emphasis on up-skilling, and colleagues were always happy to answer any questions.


  • 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 open and supportive, everyone was very sympathetic to each other’s varying situations arising from the pandemic


  • 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?
  • Thoroughly enjoyed the placement, work was incredibly interesting and current, colleagues were all incredibly friendly and supportive


  • 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
  • 5/5

  • 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 yourself in the assessment stages, don’t be too overpowering, and make sure you have a deep interest in economics or the relevant area you are applying to


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Economics

London

October 2021


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