Digital Transformation Intern Review

by NatWest Group

Best Student Employer

Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role in the Incidents and Resilience Team involves completing the Outages tracker, which is a system that aims to identify and alert potential high-risk system changes and outages. The purpose of this is to mitigate the potential consequences of fraudulent activity. I am also working on a Business Project with other interns, which aims to hyper-personalise customers' experience with their finances.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Python, Excel, knowledge and application of Fraud/financial crime, teamwork, innovation, creating a business pitch.


  • 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?
  • I was given responsibility for completing the daily Outages tracker, as well as alerting certain types of changes. I was also given responsibility for presenting the weekly Outages catch-up. However, help and support were always available for any questions I had.


  • 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?
  • I received ample support from the team, and from the wider bank community.


  • 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?
  • The company culture was very welcoming, and staff were very approachable and friendly.


  • 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?
  • 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 really enjoyed the internship, and have learned an invaluable amount. I have also had the opportunity to speak to so many other interns, graduates, and other members of staff, all of whom have been so generous with their time and knowledge.


  • 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 NatWest Group
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend NatWest Group to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to NatWest Group
  • Make the most of the experience, and all of the resources that it comes with.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

Scotland

August 2023


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