Strategy Analyst Intern Review

by Capital One

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • 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.

    • Strategy analyst - working on a real business project using SQL and Python alongside other numerical techniques

    Skills

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

    • SQL, python, excel. Developed analysis 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?

    • Yes, I was given a real business project and a lot of trust and free reign in the direction I wanted to take it in

  • 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?

    • Lots of guidance, I'd say about an hour of 1:1 time a day and a whole host of people supporting

  • 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, everyone enjoys their job and working here

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I enjoyed it a lot. I've completed a few internships and this was by far my favourite

  • 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 Capital One

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One

    • Be yourself in interviews / assessment centre - they are looking for exceptional analysis / numerical skills but also place a heavy emphasis on fit in culture. I was told informally there was a no [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyPlacement Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] policy and the best feedback I got was when I established a connection with the interviewer outside of robotically answering their questions

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Financial Management

East Midlands

August 2023

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