Technology Summer Internship Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

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.
  • Catch up every morning with the team, and then develop the application the rest of the day. There are some financial markets trainings at the beginning.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes I have learnt a lot concerning front-end development and what it looks like to work in a very large company.


  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I think because we were working in a team of 10 people and the tasks done were comparable to others employees.


  • 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?
  • Very helpful, especially my line manager, always here if I have a question. The rest of the team is also very supportive.


  • 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 nice atmosphere, everyone is keen. The culture is very interesting and they want to give everyone's best.


  • 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?
  • Very good experience, I learnt a lot. I met very nice and bright people. There is also very good opportunities because we can easily contact some people in other divisions.


  • 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
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
  • Encourage them to apply because it is a really good place to work.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

Scotland

July 2022


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