2023 Summer Intern Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • I am given tasks by my line manager it other colleagues from within the bank and set out to complete those. Examples of tyese include excel sheets summarising data point or preparing for a large group call. i also try to obtain one-on-one interviews with other colleagues to ask about their roles.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I havr become a better question asker and have learned how to effectively communicate and work in an office environment

  • 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?

    • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Nope just the right amount as I asked my manager for the amount of work I wished ti have

  • 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?

    • Strong guidance from both grad colleagues and the wider team

  • 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?

    • Relaxed

  • 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?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I enjoyed it greatly

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

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Barclays

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays

    • Pen and paper for numerical test, and consider the dept you are applying to and what they want

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Human Resources

Scotland

July 2023

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