Commercial Banking Review

I did enjoy the internship. I was set a good amount of work which kept me busy throughout the days and I was constantly kept on my toes. I was working in a really friendly team and was able to gain a good insight into Commercial Banking.

Colleagues always took time out to help me. My line manager was particularly good with me and got me involved as much as possible. I was able to produce a range of pieces of work and all were well received and made me feel valued.

Line manager only actually out of the office most of the week but he would call me daily to catch up and make sure I was on track and help me whenever I needed it. Other members of my team would also check I was fine on a regular basis and so I always felt very well supported.

There was never a point when I didn't have something that I could be doing. The nature of the projects I was doing meant I could always do something and kept busy meaning I never got bored and didn't know what to do.

Really good with giving me responsibility. I was able to attend meetings with senior management, important external stakeholders and then set pieces of work that I had to make my own and which provided real value.

Won't help with my degree and don't think my degree really helped me in my internship. However I did pick up skills that are going to be valuable in the work place and I am now more professional as a result.

Really nice place to work. Everyone is friendly and always willing to help you out. Was made to feel welcome immediately so I settled quickly and built some great relationships within the office.

Not the best. The success of my internship basically came down to my line manager. I can't help but feel there wasn't that much organisation in place and if he hadn't been so good in giving me projects the internship wouldn't have been very good.

Had some online training but didn't think they were particularly good. I did have the offer of visiting and shadowing other parts but in the end I had too much work on. In hindsight I think there should be more training put on for all the interns/scholars in a particular office.

If successful in your internship you are referred onto the graduate programme. There are wide range of programmes and I would very much like to be offered a place however I am not sure I was pushed too hard in my current job area.

Fairly okay social scene. We basically all lived together so that made us go out together and things but there was nothing else really laid on for us but I guess that is to be expected. My team personally didn't socialise that much outside of work.

Fully subsidised living accomodation which is amazing of Lloyds to put on, the living accomodation is also in walking distance so no cost of transport. That made it incredibly cheap and Bristol for living/going out isn't particularly expensive.

Could have been better. The problem with interning over the summer is that is when no students are about and clubs are at their deadest. Also it takes time to find out where is good and where is not.

Didn't really have any. There was one that I recall but that was in London and wasn't worth the travel. Could be improved if it wasn't so Londoncentric and they tried to get the regions more involved.