Finance Intern Review
by Barclays
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.9
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The Company
4.3
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The Culture
3.9
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
I really enjoy the time I spent at Barclays. This is definitely a great place start of my career because all my colleagues are really helpful and supportive. With their help, I could learn more and explore more because they are always happy to answer the questions I have. There are also many great and valuable events organised for the interns.
My colleagues show their trust on me by assigning me tasks that make real changes and impacts on the team's deliverables. They value my opinions and work. Usually I could have a good overview about the purpose and different stages of a project so that I could understand how my work is integrated into the whole project.
The team and my Line Manager were very supportive and helpful. When I first entered the team knowing little about my team's deliverables, my Line Manager spent time with me talking me through some pieces of works the team produced and arranged catch up sessions for me to ask questions. This was really helpful and helped me build a good foundation for me to participate more in the team's deliverables later.
At the beginning of the program I did not have a lot of projects to do but definitely got busier later. I had both individual project and team project to work on so became really busy in the last few weeks. Although challening it was definitely a great chance to improve my time management and mult-tasking skills.
As mentioned in the second quesion, my work was valued by my colleagues and I felt that they gave me sufficient responsibilities to challenge myself and encourage me to learn more. With a broad range of objectives, I coud acquire or improve different skills therefore the experience is really valuable to me.
During the internship, I had opportunities to improve different skills including communication skill, networking skill, time management, problem solving etc. I received trainings on basic Java coding, how to expand networks etc. which are really useful for my future career and study. I also had a better understanding about the operations of a bank
The Company
Busy but cheerful, welcoming
I was quite impresses by how the program was well structured and carefully designed for the intern with many meaning objectives set. Frequest catch up and review sessions were included so that we could get feedback on our works and raise any concerns on time.
a lot of support and care are given
Subsidised/Company Gym
Working from home
very
The Culture
yes
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
International
August 2017
