Summer Analyst Review

Really enjoyable. As an intern you are given loads of opportunities from across the bank, There are also lots of other interns so you get to meet loads of like minded people. There is also a great deal of freedom and choice so you can tailor the internship to your own interests.

I felt like I was really lucky in the team I was in. They were all really friendly and by the end of the second week I felt like I was one of them. I was given the responsibility of producing some weekly reports which were used by other members of the team so it felt like I was actually being useful.

I got on really well with my line manager, and she was fantastic at giving me all the support and guidance I needed. She set me up with meetings with people she used to work with or just knew from all across the bank which gave me insight to lots of different parts rather than just personal banking.

At the beginning of the internship I was not busy the whole time, or my day would vary dramatically between being very busy and not busy at all. After the third week or so however I had taken on enough reports and presentations and had another project so that I could maintain a nice level of busy the whole time, and had to manage my diary efficiently.

I felt that I was given a nice amount of responsibility during the internship. The weekly reports that I would send out would go to the heads of region and be used for analysis on the front line, so were very important. It was a nice job to do because it really helped with understanding more about the role whilst not actually being too technically difficult.

The skills I have learnt in my nine weeks here will be invaluable to me later I am sure. I have covered everything including setting up and running a conference calls and managing busy schedules. I have also learnt a great deal about the financial services industry as a whole which I am sure will prove useful.

Very relaxed atmosphere. Every one is quite nice and chatty, colleagues are good at bringing food in when it's their birthday or they've been on holiday etc. You can ask anyone anything, and there is a strong grad population so you can ask them some questions you wouldn't ask your manager. Could have used a bit of organised fun, drinks or games or the like.

Really well organised in terms of external speakers, opportunities within the placement etc. Also quite good opportunities for catch up with HR and reviews. The reimbursement of certain expenses is poorly organised however, and there is still a lot of uncertainty regarding how you are assessed as an intern and graduate scheme opportunities.

Received brief industry training in the induction week, after that the training was down to your individual team. My team were quite good at setting me up with work that would help me learn systems and so on. There is a good deal of online training that every intern must complete. My manager was also very helpful at giving me specific challenges to aid my development.

Half of the appeal of Barclays is the size of the company. Employment prospects are appealing because there is something here for everyone, even if you intern in retail banking and move to wealth, or tech to IB. The size of the company means theres probably a job you'll like and there'll probably be a vacancy.

It was ok, we managed to organise a few 5 a-side games, and went out for drinks every so often, but nothing huge. All the interns got along well though, and there were plenty of opportunities for networking and meeting new interns. I don't think there's much room for socialising out of work in 9 weeks.

London so very expensive. Lagers are £5.50 a pint in the bars round here, but nice area to drink in. The big screen in Canary Wharf showed Wimbledon while we were here. Lunches can be cheap if you go out, the canteen actually in the building is quite expensive for what it is.

Again it was London so very good. Canary wharf not so much but you're connected to everywhere in London. Had a night out in Fabric, and end of internship drinks on Shoreditch High Street which turned into a night out. Don't really need to explain London nightlife though it is what it is.

Nothing that wasn't work related. There were lots of work-type things like the citizenship challenge and Barclays Hack which some interns did, but apart from that there wasn't very much at all. I think that there is a graduates football team set up, but nothing that was advertised or made available to interns.