Summer Analyst Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Role entails shadowing calls and contributing to projects within the team of interest to me, where possible. Networking is also a large part of the role to expand my knowledge of other teams and broader HR interests.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Time management skills have improved, as well as task prioritization. The nature of the work has development my communication and networking skills, and I feel more aware of the importance of how I present myself when meeting new people.


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • I have been placed on a range of projects over the course of my internship, that of which ranged in my responsibility. My fresh insight was particularly helpful in projects that wished to change/upgrade existing systems


  • 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?
  • Continual support from my team, if needed.


  • 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?
  • The company has done a really good job in fostering an inclusive and welcoming culture in the work place - I definitely want to immerse myself in Barclays' culture in my future career path


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Thoroughly enjoyed my experience - very insightful and overall learnt a lot about the industry that I had never experienced before


  • 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 Barclays
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
  • Be curious and ask a lot of questions!


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Human Resources

London

July 2022


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