Insight day Review

by EY

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.9/5
  • About You
    3.9
  • The Company
    3.9
  • Everything Else
    3.9

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • Very enjoyable the employees were all very friendly and keen to answer your questions - learnt lots about the firm and we were given several tasks to complete as well, overall a learning experience

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
  • Since, it was only an insight day it was difficult to feel 'value' in a long-term sense but we were given lots of advice on applying in the future and they clearly put time/effort into the programme

    4/5

  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
  • we were given guidance during the case study activity and many tips on how applying successfully in the future - they were very keen to see us reapply for their future opportunities, workshops/schemes

    4/5

  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • I am sure the skills such as how to present yourselve in front of an audience and team work skills will be useful in the future particularly, given the group work element for coursework in my degree

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?
  • even though this was only an insight day there were many activities thoroughout - it was filled with many events we were given appropriate breaks throughout. It was very well organised and fun

    4/5

  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
  • Fun, infomative and lots of information to be learnt

    4/5

  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • They spent time on us in that employees set aside time to guide us through activities and present presentations or even network with us during lunch. Again, difficult to judge investment during a day

    4/5

  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?
  • The case study was meant to represent the type of daily activity employees could deal with however, how realistic this is was debatable - I also would have liked to be given an office tour

    4/5

  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
  • meeting the workers really helped form an idea of the people culture here and how open and friendly they are - they are more focused on the attributes of an individual and what they can bring to the field

    4/5

  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
  • It definitely helped in considering whether this firm was a major contender for my furture applications - by meeting the people/visiting the firm, however would have liked to see more of the work they did

    4/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
  • We had opportunities to network over lunch with a range of employees - they were also resourceful in placing a facilitator at each event to direct questions towards at each activity, this was very useful

    4/5

  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
  • Good opportunity to network with range of workers - I found it most useful talking to the graduates who had just been recruited about their experiences and how they found it so far, this was more informal

    4/5

  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
  • Briefly - sport

    3/5

  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
  • I thought this experience was extremely worthwhile - in the sense of learning about the business and the structure of the firm, and also the opportunity to develop skills based on activities and feedback

    5/5

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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Banking

London

June 2013


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