Cyber & Security Explorer Programme Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.2/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Working on projects. Project managing, Stakeholder management. Consulting with the wider team on updates regrading work. Looking for ways of progression and Networking with so many people

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Communication, Leadership, Collaboration, Managing, Networking, Organization, Time management, Interpersonal,.

  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • Yes - I was given a lot of responsibility and a duty to deliver on those tasks. This in turn gave me a lot of exposure to senior stakeholders and the leadership team. However, this is not the same for everyone

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • The support and guidance is everywhere. people are amazing and always happy to help. This is no exaggeration, they seriously are!

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Brilliant - Many extra curricular activities. Enforce diversity and inclusivity. The campus is beautiful.

  • 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?

    • 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 my placement. It was a culture shock but it shown me that i had a blind spot. Let's just say that's definitely gone away.

  • 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

    • Ask about the different roles within a certain area. Do not underestimate the size of a company like Barclays. Don't say i want to do Cyber security, be more specific. For example: Incident Management, Cyber Intelligence, Pen testing. Be sure with what you want!

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Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

North West

July 2022

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