CSBS Intern Review

by American Express

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Testing and feeding back on new processes and systems, creating training materials for these new processes, creating an Excel-based project tracker to track progress across markets. Attending meetings with colleagues across teams.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Microsoft office proficiency (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). Written and verbal communication. Understanding of the AML space.


  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • The right amount. I was not throw in at the deep end, but was allowed to take ownership of projects from day one which saw results by the end.


  • 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 great deal, between my team leader, buddy, campus recruitment, and CSBS recruitment teams.


  • 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?
  • Positive, inclusive, diverse, team-based.


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

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

  • 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 first foray into the world of business and felt proud to work for Amex. In addition, I had an enjoyable social time with fellow interns. I would have preferred a slightly more people-focused role, but overall I enjoyed my placement.


  • 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 American Express
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend American Express to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to American Express
  • To go for it.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Business Management

South East

August 2022


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