Technology Spring Week Intern Review

I very much enjoyed the Technology insight programme at Barclays as I believe the experience has better prepared me for a future career within the technology industry. Getting the opportunity to work shadow a developer working on the Barclays Pingit application was my favourite part of the entire spring week.

The company spent a lot of effort to ensure we had a pleasant week. All the division representatives from the seminars that we attended took time out of their busy schedules and volunteered to share their knowledge on the industry with us. I felt very honoured to be a part of the spring week programme and to speak with leading professionals from different branches within Barclays. Everyone that worked at the Knutsford location was very friendly and welcoming.

By attending the various seminars organised, the work shadowing sessions and by networking with professionals and like minded peers. I felt that I received a lot of advice on how to get started in the industry and gained a deeper understanding on my field which will be beneficial for a future career.

The team working and interpersonal skills I have gained by working with my peers and by networking with professions from within the industry has prepared me for the projects that I will be working on throughout my degree. I received a lot of knowledge on the Fintech industry and Barclays which is very much relevant to my course.

The insight week was very well structured. We received a schedule of our day to day tasks in advance of starting the week. We received all the information we needed within a timely manner. Everything from the food to the transportation was organised to provide us with the most comfortable experience.

The Knutsford site is very welcoming and laid back, everyone was very friendly and willing to assist us with any advice we wanted for our future careers. The campus is a bit like a University. You can get a very good sense of the work culture at Barclays being demonstrated in the manner the employers act and the way the Knutsford campus appears with its very innovate and artistic look.

By speaking with various professionals from a diverse range of branches within the firm, we were able to gain a very good understand of the different roles within Barclays and how they are all interconnected within the company. We were able to ask all types of questions to the employees.

The Barclays work culture of respect, integrity, service, excellence and stewardship was very much enforced by the employees within the company. We were all able to gain an understand of how these values are demonstrated within Barclays. We learned about the values during the informative sessions as we learned more about the company in general.

Definitely, the experience is very rewarding in many different ways.