Wealth & Personal Banking Summer Intern Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • 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.
  • Amending procedures and getting approval. Meetings with product, legal, complaints, UKCS. Meetings with third parties.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes - agile ways of working including tooling, time management, leadership skills.


  • 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?
  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, given lots of responsibility to take full ownership on my tasks within the placement. Also had projects with other interns where we shared out responsibility to get project complete.


  • 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?
  • A very strong support network which consisted of line manager, on-placement manager and a grad coach. The support could not have been better.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • A lovely, welcoming culture where you are made to feel valued and supported to do your best.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • I thoroughly enjoyed my internship, I developed, learn new skills, built strong working relationships. The time flew by!


  • 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 HSBC
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC
  • Be yourself most importantly! If your values match up to HSBC's, you have the required skills and you are personable, you will be an attractive candidate.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Retail Banking

West Midlands

August 2022


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