UK Retail Bank Summer Intern Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.1/5
  • The Role
    4.4
  • The Company
    4.2
  • The Culture
    3.6

    The Role

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

    • I really enjoyed my summer with Barclays, it was a great opppurtunity to understand what goes on within the company as well as to meet a great group of interns!

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

    • Within my branch placement colleagues wanted to get to know me and very much welcomed me to the team, I was always been asked my opinion about things so felt very much valued

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

    • From the outset of the internship personal objectives were agreed in the form of a personal development plan, I had a weekly one to one meeting my my immediate line manager to review progress as well as raising other issues, managers were also happy to provide support on an ad-hoc basis as and when required and no issue or question was too ever too small! I also had regular conference calls with my area director and HR

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

    • A plan was in place suggesting the activites that you should have been undertaking on a daily basis, however this was really flexible and to some extent how busy you were was up to you and how much you wanted to get out of the internship, I found that I was always busy and had something to do

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

    • I felt that I was given lots of responsibility, examples include leading team meetings, training sessions and one to one feedback sessions with other members of staff, some activites were restricted due to the time which would have been required for training etc. in order to undertake such activites

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Regular development workshops were held throughout the internship, the main focus areas were around presentation, leadership and communication skills all which were of great benefit and will help for the future

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • A really positive atmosphere, within both branch and head office everybody was friendly and welcoming and I particulary liked the open plan style of working within head office

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

    • Good organisation, an 8 week overview was provided suggesting the kinds of things which should be done on a day to day basis, regular email and phone contact also took place with HR and weekly events were scheduled for all interns.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Regular development sessions including a leadership day which assessed personal characteristics and concluded with an intern challenge - I'm happy to say that I was part of the winning team! A presentation skills workshop was also incredibly usefull, this was run by a consultancy company who work with senior executives

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

    • Subsidised Canteen

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

    • Barclays have relaunched there graduate scheme which is really appealing, hopefully I have demonstrated the right characteristics throughout the internship to secure a place on it!!

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • Some social events were organised by the graduate team, but we also arranged something weekly amongst ourselves

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • London is rather expensive!!!

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

    • London!!!

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

    • We met up regulary outside of work either through things that we organised ourselves or those arranged by the graduate team

    5/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Retail Banking

London

September 2010

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