Summer Analyst - Coverage Relationship Management Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.4/5
  • The Role
    3.7
  • The Company
    3.7
  • The Culture
    2.8

    The Role

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

    • Very good placement overall, nice people and lots of work given to me.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • My managers and other members of the team really valued me, and I got given some high profile tasks as well as ad-hoc ones.

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

    • The support and guidance was good to start off with, but then I was really working alone and developing my own contacts. But my managers helped me in the starting a lot.

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

    • In the beginning, first 1-4 weeks wasn't so busy. towards the end 7-10weeks, got very busy and had to pull late nights.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • A lot of responsibility was given to me from day 1.

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

    • I study Physics so banking didn't really give me skills that would help me in my degree. Hoever I did develop presentation skills which helps me.

    2/5

    The Company

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

    • Not exactly serious, but pretty funny. I had some good funny guys in my team!

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

    • It wasn't set u too well, as our desks weren't expecting us on the day we went to the office! However later on there were some very good events like dinner at the Gherkin and Go Karting.

    3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • The training was very good. HSBC used 7city to train the global banking interns.

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

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Good.

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • Very good social scene!

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

    • Not so good!

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Canary Wharf isn't the best for nightlife in my opinion

    1/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Yes we had the J P Morgan run.

    3/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking, Banking, Data Science, Market Research

London

August 2013

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