Business Development Intern Review
by American Express
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at American Express
- 7. Would you recommend American Express to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to American Express
Overview
Exploring opportunities for expanding coverage amongst small merchants, with a particular focus on partnerships with payment intermediaries which fall under emerging payment models (Buy Now Pay Later, Digital Wallet Operators, ISVs, White Label Solutions, SaaS). This entails mapping fintechs in the space, and assessing current practices and policies which would apply to them. Culminating in an overview of strategy in approaching and implementing these into future partner prospecting across EMEA.
Skills
Developed existing skills in research and communication, in addition to teamwork. New skills included in data analysis, partner outreach, etc.
Responsibilities
Initially, very little. With time, I engendered the trust of the team and was assigned my own partner to guide through the onboarding process, in addition to taking progressively more central roles in team meetings and discussions.
Support & Guidance
Support and guidance was given at every stage of the internship through both formal (managerial) and informal (buddy system, peer interns, etc) channels.
Culture
Amex's culture is likely unparalleled within financial services in terms of work-life balance, inclusiveness, the openness of teammates and employees, and in particular upper managements' accessibility.
Your Impressions
I've enjoyed my time greatly, and would happily recommend Amex as an internship or graduate role to anyone.
Yes
Hope they take you!
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Banking
London
August 2022
