Data Privacy Mapping Analyst Review

I really enjoyed my internship at Lloyds Banking Group. I was really lucky to get such a friendly team and everyone I spoke to was helpful and kind, even though they were very busy. In terms of work there was a good amount the majority of the time which was challenging yet enjoyable.

My team were really kind and helpful and I enjoyed working with them.

My line manager was very friendly and welcoming, although he was exceedingly busy, he always had a spare minute to help and gave me a great deal of guidance on the work I was carrying out before letting me work independently on it.

Most days I was busy, there were days when there was less work to do and it could drag a little, but there were very busy days to balance this out.

The work I did was important and had a significant impact on an upcoming regulatory change.

I've learnt some great new skills, learnt to use some complex software and am looking forward to taking them back to my degree and further work positions in the future

The atmosphere in my office was good, everyone was friendly and there was normally someone you could go to ask for help or shadow. The offices could be very quiet some days as a large amount of staff members work from home.

The internship could have been a little better organised, I felt that the initial steps were very prolonged and it took a great deal of time from when we were first contacted by the employment agency to actually signing up with them and learning the details of my position from initial application. From application to offer for me the process was very quick and the actual internship was organised well by my line manager and my time was planned effectively.

I received a fair amount of training during my internship, I learnt to use some of the programs which Lloyds Banking Group use on a daily basis and enjoyed learning many new skills on software I was already accustom too.

Lloyds Banking Group seems like an attractive place to obtain a graduate level role from. Whilst the moving around every 8 months doesn't appeal to me, the graduate scheme seems challenging but a great role. You are made aware during your placement as to whether you are going to reach your target of obtaining a graduate scheme offer, although I was told because I was completing a masters I would not be able to accept it. Lloyds has a great culture and a good work life balance which portrays it as a great company to work for in the future.

Whilst I didn't live in the accommodation provided by Lloyds, there was normally an opportunity to go out with fellow interns as there was a Facebook group to chat to other interns on. Whilst I didn't go to many of the social events as they were often quite far from my hometown, I did make good friends with the other interns on my floor and went out with regularly. My colleagues often invited me out for lunch and drinks with them too which was nice.

The cost of living and socialising was of course very expensive as I was based in London. Whilst there are some great deals if you know the right places to go, commuting to London was very very expensive and took up a great deal of my pay check (suppose it wouldn't have been as bad if I'd have lived in the accommodation offered by Lloyds, but because I was in a commutable distance I did not).

Nightlife in London is very expensive, I didn't go out to much as I commuted (an hour commute) and the trains stop running, but drinks were very expensive.

Each intern was required to participate in the charity challenge which this year was raising money for Mental Health UK, a great cause, we were put into groups by Lloyds and were required to raise as much money as we could for the charity within the 10 weeks. There were plenty of volunteering opportunities made available to me and I was also involved in the digital champions project which helped Lloyds Banking Group customers gain basic skills online such as online banking, online shopping and setting up an email account.