Assistant to the Divisional Treasury Manager for Retail and Consumer Finance Review

I enjoyed working in my department since most people were friendly and helpful. The work was generally interesting but not challenging enough, although there were exceptions to this throughout the internship.

My team were very welcoming and tried their best to find me work that I could own throughout the internship, including weekly reports and larger projects. I felt that my colleagues cared about what I had to say and the work that I produced.

Generally my colleagues were very supportive. I could always approach them with questions and if they couldn't be answered immediately, then they would arrange for us to talk about it formally another time. My line manager assigned me a manager to look after me, who I had weekly 121s with to discuss my progress and what I could be doing to improve.

I generally had something to do every day on my internship, but for the most part I was only busy for half a day and had to ask for more work. There were also periods where there wasn't any work and I had to come up with things to do to add value to my experience.

I was given responsibility for a weekly report that was sent to executives. I was also given responsibility for some larger projects throughout my time at Lloyds.

My degree is very theoretical, so it won't be able to help with that. However, I've developed some very useful Excel skills, namely the use of codes to speed up work, and the use of pivot tables to format complicated databases. I've also developed communication skills as I always used to have anxiety about approaching people I don't know.

Everyone was very welcoming and helpful, although hard-working. There were numerous events organised to improve this though.

There was no formal internship structure. However, I was given a weekly report.

My colleagues were always willing to help me develop, offering me advice and independent projects. I had weekly 121s that were set up to encourage development.

I have the opportunity to continue on to the graduate scheme after university, which offers £28000 salary, a £3000 relocation bonus, and £3000 extra to live in London. Frequent placement rotations make it awkward to find houses/flats without having to negotiate a break clause.

All interns are placed in the same accommodation in London, so there is generally a healthy social scene after work.

Accommodation was paid for, and I did not pay for travel since I walked to work. London naturally is more expensive to live in, but sensible budgeting makes it easy to save money during the internship.

London has some of the best night life in the UK.

Many interns arranged charity events or social/networking events.