Data science Review

by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

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Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

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

    • I worked on data science projects, attended regular team meetings and talked to different individuals in the organisation about the work they do here and their overall experiences. I also engaged with different stakeholders to talk about their business problems and how we can solve them using data and analytics.

    Skills

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

    • Git, panel regressions, JIRA, agile

  • 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?

    • 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?

    • As much responsibility as I’d expect for an intern, I was given a lot of independence for projects which helped me develop my skills but also a lot of support. My projects also involve stakeholders so I’d say there was responsibility for the projects as they’d influence future work.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • A lot of support, it was really nice. I don’t have an economics/finance background so I had people I could contact from different departments to help me in those areas.

  • 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 friendly and warm.

  • 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 really enjoyed it! It was challenging but I think I learnt from this and the work was intellectually stimulating and covered different areas I haven’t had the chance to explore before! Also the people are very nice and friendly here!

  • 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 Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

    • 4/5
  • 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)

    • Show you’re passionate about the work they do. It is very interesting and you can tell people here are passionate about their work and the ramifications of it.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Data Science

London

August 2023

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