Summer Operations Analyst Review

by Barclays

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Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I assist the operations team with many different tasks, ranging from excel data analysis, sending off important emails or creating slideshow presentations designed to educate people about things going on within the team.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have somewhat developed my skills, but outwith that I have not been presented with anything that has required me to develop my current skills, I have been adequately prepared.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Not massive amounts, but still enough that which I was given impactful tasks and trusted to figure them out and do them on my own. I was also given multiple at once with the idea I knew how to manage the time distribution


  • 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?
  • A lot from my team, almost none from the onboarding team - they were super unresponsive and took shockingly long to relay information to the 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very relaxed and welcoming


  • 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 enjoyed the team elements alongside the social opportunities with other interns. The mentorship program has also been very beneficial.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Barclays
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
  • Don't stress before joining, everything will fall into place even if you don't quite understand what you will be doing before you start.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Logistics and Operations

Scotland

July 2022


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