Retail Banking & Data Analytics Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • On a day to day basis it is meetings with managers and colleagues to get to know their aspect of work and company culture whilst getting their guidance and assistance on your project which usually includes querying data of some sorts, analysis and presentation


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Basic coding and querying data alongside soft skills such as presenting and interpersonal skills


  • 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?
  • Given a project which is told to have been something they want to develop and will be picked up and used later for development


  • 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?
  • Consistent meetings with managers and friendly help from not only across the team but the whole of Barclays


  • 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?
  • Very relaxed and friendly but nevertheless professional and motivated


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

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • 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 had a great time getting to know other interns and colleagues especially with great networking opportunities and office culture. It was brilliant being able to do meaningful work whilst developing skills.


  • 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 Barclays
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
  • Don’t overthink it but try your best in the application process - once through that barrier it’s smooth sailing with how welcome and helpful everyone is.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Data Science, Retail Banking

London

July 2023


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