Off-cycle intern
by HSBC
Best Student Employer
Rating
4.5/5
-
Skills
5.0
-
Responsibilities
4.0
-
Support & Guidance
5.0
-
Culture
4.0
-
Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at HSBC
- 7. Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC
Overview
Analyzing capital markets information and ESG topics to provide clients with up to date ideas and strategies for them to execute for stronger market positioning
Skills
Power point slide development skills have been enhanced considerably; presenting skills and having the right mind set and confidence in presenting; attention to detail and the importance of it
5/5
5/5
5/5
5/5
Responsibilities
I was given responsibility to be proactive and speak up in team meetings with ideas I thought could help the team, I was unfortunately not able to be involved in client calls
4/5
Support & Guidance
I was assigned both a buddy and a mentor on my internship as well as the usual line manager and team guidance and support with HR also available easily on the internal messaging service. I feel the support and guidance I received was exceptional with seniors always open to answering questions and connecting me to other areas of the bank
5/5
5/5
Culture
The culture was very open and collaborative and conducive to a good working atmosphere whilst also being high performance and expectation of deliverables
5/5
4/5
4/5
3/5
Your Impressions
I thoroughly enjoyed the internship and feel I learnt a great deal about investment banking and also noticed very good personal development in myself from the internship. The team I worked with were also a pleasure to work with
4/5
5/5
4/5
Yes
Be yourself they are looking for people that are highly skilled but also show initiative and diversity of thought
Details
Internship (1-4 Months)
Banking - Investment
Central London and City
May 2022
