Operational Risk Intern Review

by Wells Fargo

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Check emails in the morning and answer them. Attend meetings with frontline to assess their controls. Assist in the production of reporting materials. Compile events and issues data.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • The most important skill I have developed has been Excel. I spent most of my time on excel and so I learned a lot of shortcuts and tricks.


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • Early on in the internship, my exposure was limited due to train strikes but I began to get more responsibility as the weeks progressed. The latter end of the internship was similarly slow as many people were on holiday.


  • 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?
  • We received a lot of good guidance, especially from the learning and development team at Wells Fargo who committed a lot of time to our soft skills and career development opportunities.


  • 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?
  • Amazing. Everyone was more than happy to answer my questions and would make time to accommodate me as an intern.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed being part of the Ops Risk team, simply because the people I worked with were so welcoming and understanding. The team helped me to fit in nicely and were always on hand to address any concerns that I had so I will always recommend the internship for anyone considering it.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Wells Fargo
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Wells Fargo to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Wells Fargo
  • Research the role in detail so you can speak confidently in an interview. Wells Fargo offer a broad range of internships, so consider them all.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

August 2022


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