Spring Insight Week Review

I applied with the goal of having a good insight of what banking is all about, and I left non only with that in mind, but also with a network of great people!

I really felt as RBS was looking and making the greatest effort in having all of us in their team.

Total! we received really specific directions for every place we were supposed to be!

I received a lot of really good information and guidance into banking. I didn't develop a lot of skills (if some, communication) but we didn't have much time to actually learn how to perform the job! As regardds my degree studies, it has been useful because there is little that we could about banking now by following our courses (at least mine, which is really general!)

i think the structure was quite good. The first two training days were really intense, sometimes even tiring at the end of the day. The desk rotations were both useful and fun, and the CSR event was too! I think that was the most distinguishing feature which I enjoyed a lot: we should always keep an eye on helping others, that greatly matters in life.. and why not doing so while joining the values of RBS?!? Values matters as well as skills!

Another distinguishing feature was the atmosphere. I loved the way people from the Grad Team didn't at all try to pur pressure on us to perform well, but just suggested to be ourselves! I'm sure it has been a really busy week for them, but it was nice that they didn't look tired at all! I never felt in competition with my mates, and never felt too dumb when asking questions to the Grads and Employees. It has been a lot fun, also for the events during which we weren't assessed, so that we could fully enjoy ourselves, getting to know each other and clear up our minds from "work"!

We had roughly one and a half day of training, which I found quite useful, it is always good to refresh these important tips for your working life as a whole.

Even though we didn't learn any specific skills, we could perceive the working environment and imagine ourselves in the job: I really did realize that this is the kind of life I would enjoy!

I understood the company culture thanks to a lot of small, but important things: the behavior and kindness of the Grad Team before, and that of Employees after. The feeling that they suggesting us to have was mostly to enjoy our week and understand as much as we could. We weren't at all pressured to behave in any way in order to overcome competition; We had throughout the day moments in which we could enjoy ourselves without the constant thought of being assessed; We enjoyed helping others during the CSR event; We got to have a very interesting Only-Women session, which showed the effort RBS is making into open up to Females. Those things, among many others, made me perceive, and totally agree, with RBS culture.

Thank you a lot for that! My expenses were quite expensive!

A lot of them, longer or shorter, all really useful, and sometimes even fun!

Fun, because we also got to talk to Grads, which were in our shoes few years ago! You never felt too dumb asking simple questions to them, while you could have with senior people. Senior People, as well, were able to share with us their experience, how the bank has changed throughout the years and how it might be in the nearest future!

The CSR event, and, funny enough, we also randomly met some of them at a bar last night!

Totally!