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Rating

4.1/5
  • About You
    4.4
  • The Company
    4.4
  • Everything Else
    3.3

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • It was a well organised day with very useful activities. The main speaker made it slightly more lighthearted and more enjoyable.

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
  • Made it sound like they were lucky to have us there. And felt like they wanted us to work there, having embarked on the insight day

    5/5

  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
  • Did a mock assessment exercise that was extremely useful.

    5/5

  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Will help me to work more effectively in a group as i have a better idea of what constitutes a better 'team player'

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?
  • Very well structured. The day started with an introduction, then a talk from a senior executive at the company, progressing to brief overviews from graduates on the graduate schemes and then a mock assessment exercise.

    5/5

  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
  • General good atmosphere, helped by the fact the graduates seemed to really seemed to enjoy it and also by the woman taking the insight.

    4/5

  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • Was a short experience, but gave us a past assessment scenario, indicating that value was placed on us.

    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?
  • Graduates who were there gave us a brief overview of what they did and then they gave us a more detailed overview when they came around the tables.

    5/5

  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
  • Seems like it has a genuine and caring culture.

    5/5

  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
  • 5/5

    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?
  • Had the opportunity to talk to the graduates when they came round and they were present throughout lunch.

    4/5

  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
  • Was not really mentioned by any of the employees.

    2/5

  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
  • Was a good and enjoyable day that allowed me to gain an insight about a good company and helped me start to think about my future career.

    5/5

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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Commercial Banking

London

April 2014


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