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Rating

4.5/5
  • About You
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.4
  • Everything Else
    4.6

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • Packed days, but enjoyable. Generally made up of presentations about various divisions with the occasional business-orientated game. Also included a short work shadowing session.

    5/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
  • Employees were very pleasant and helpful - always answering any questions I had or giving guidance. Felt part of the Citi 'team' the whole time.

    5/5

  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
  • Given an schedule, ran like clockwork. Employees were always helpful if support needed.

    5/5

  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Generally revolved around learning about various divisions and how Citi operates, so helpful to a certain extent but no so much with the degree.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?
  • Ran perfectly.

    5/5

  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
  • Felt relaxed, but under control the whole time.

    5/5

  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • Only a 3-day insight, so not too much exposure. More listening than action, so hard to improve personal qualities a huge deal.

    5/5

  • 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?
  • Only had 2 hours work shadowing, so hard to get a real feel of what working in Citi would be like.

    4/5

  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
  • Good exposure to employees from a large array of divisions so could therefore meet all types of people.

    5/5

  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
  • Gave very good introductions to various divisions - really helped clear up myths about what the roles of certain divisions were and gave a real insight.

    5/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
  • Citi provided accomodation. Travel reimbursed.


  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
  • Networking opportunities the whole time. Specific networking events set up every night.

    5/5

  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
  • Well planned out and thoroughly enjoyable.

    5/5

  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
  • Had to ask to get the answer to this question. Would have been useful to have a small brief about what employes can get up to outside of their work.

    4/5

  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
  • Absolutely! Very enjoyable and learned a lot from it!

    5/5

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Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

International

April 2014


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