Summer Internship Review

by Lloyds Banking Group

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Rating

4.2/5
  • The Role
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.4
  • The Culture
    3.6

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Brilliant placement in the South & West Regional Office for Lloyds TSB Commercial, given real responsibility, supported at every stage and have been offered a position on the graduate leadership programme as a result!

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • As above, supported at every stage, been to lunch with my team and took a few hours off on my final day to celebrate and say goodbye

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Always there to help, throughout the business Interns and Grads are highly respected as colleagues know the gruelling process you have to go through to get on the schemes! I emailed the head of Retail banking in the Midlands & South to organise some Retail shadowing, he fully supported this as got me two days shadowing

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Resonably busy and overall a good balance, some rush points and some dull points - will be the same in every job

    5/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I was given real ownership of tasks and have exceeded the orginal brief in some cases

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • My degree is not relevant to Banking so it has not helped with my degree studies directly. Time management and organisational skills have developed though! Induction day really set the scene and spending the first week just shadowing various people in the Commercial business helped me to get my head round the structure and who does what!

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Good times!

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Occasional admin problems but overall pretty seamless

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Invested very well, support to shadow and visit other areas as much as I wanted to

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Flexi Time

    National Travel
    5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Place offered on the General Management Graduate Leadership Programme

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Left to our own devices

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Standard UK prices in Bristol

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Bristol is awesome

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Some but none of interest to me

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

South West

September 2012

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