Summer Intern Review
by Barclays
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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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 Barclays
- 7. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
Overview
Assisting with projects: ESG Client Conversations (researching, assessing ESG readiness per client and liaising with other teams to collect information; presenting findings to the team with PowerPoint) Helping with account work: Sorting and filtering Excel data; currency conversions Contact cards: Creating and sharing PowerPoint decks; liaising with others to include the necessary material Meetings and networking with people from different areas in the bank Attending talks and webinars
Skills
Improving knowledge of Barclays systems such as GPT, file gateway, Salesforce Improving Excel knowledge through training, trial and error by using Excel in work scenarios Financial Markets training
Responsibilities
Yes, I was asked to conduct my own research for the ESG project which would be used directly in the final deck that was presented to the Relationship Directors. I was also asked to create the presentations for the contact cards and assist with the accounts work on Excel
Support & Guidance
I was given clear instructions throughout the internship from my line manager, and I would get regular feedback both from her and the rest of the team. My line manager in particular would regularly check in on me to make sure I was on the right track and contributing meaningfully
Culture
Culture is great, people are always willing to go out of their way to help you and they seem genuinely interested in your development. Work camaraderie was always great; light-hearted and everyone got on well.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed it; learnt a lot about the Insurance industry, picked up many new skills and met a lot of interesting and senior people in the bank; made important connections which could be very useful for my future career
Yes
Try to always be proactive and ask questions. Be someone that the team wants to keep by being friendly with everyone
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Banking
London
July 2023
