Summer Associate Review

by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

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Rating

3.8/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Involved reviewing responses from Retail Banks and assessing these against set criteria. In addition there were training sessions to develop soft skills such as presenting, stakeholder management and networking

    Skills

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

    • Developed qualitative and quantitative analysis, presentation skills, project management, time management and review writing.

  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Was given a large amount of responsibility and was able to work in an integral manner to projects.

  • 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?

    • Was given lots of support and guidance from colleagues, who were always willing to help if I had any questions. Training and skills sessions were provided regularly throughout the internship.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • Good company culture with everyone always friendly and welcoming. Very relaxed and good place to work.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 3/5
  • 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 enjoyed the internship very much and made many meaningful connections as well as gaining valuable experience.

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

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

    • To thoroughly research the FCA's company values and to draw experiences which reflect where you've shown these values.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Government, Retail Banking

London

August 2023

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