Spring Intern Review

It was an amazing experience. Got the chance to discover what makes one of the biggest UK banks, and more specifically all the technology involved in supporting its business. Most importantly met extraordinary students, and had an amazing Barclays HR team.

The program was indeed centered around us, interns, we felt like we were the stars of the show ;)

Definitely more than enough, the HR team was always there to support us both with our tasks and also during the networking events. Always gave us useful advice, tips, and generally creating a friendly and warm atmosphere.

As an economics student, I did indeed found out a lot of new info about tech in general, more specifically about tech in banking, databases, mainframes, how to control, store, analyze all this data about customers. Definitely saw that tech is more than essential within the banking industry.

Very well structured. Every single day, even hour of the program was planned. And it was relatively well balanced in terms of work / leisure time.

The atmosphere was friendly and very active, lots of interactive activities, communication sessions, and fun stuff.

Barclays offered presentations on specific technology solutions, methods, and applications which have considerably broaden my IT knowledge.

This insight was extremely helpful in this regard. Being part of the office, directly interacting with the people within Barclays gives you the correct impression of what it would be like to work here.

The insight program is indeed very helpful when it comes to understanding the culture within Barclays. By being placed within the company itself, and talking with the people who work here, you see nothing but the culture of this specific company.

The content of the day within the program was centered around the main topic of the program - technology. We had numerous presentations and workshops on different it solutions, applications and how they each affect specific global areas of the banking business. All of this helped me understand what banking technology is about and made me decide whether this is the career path I want to pursue.

All my travel expenses were reimbursed. We received free accommodation at a fabulous hotel, and all our meal expenses were covered too.

It felt like the whole week was a networking event. I had the chance to talk with people from almost every single department within Barclays Technology Center and hear about their job and experiences.

The networking opportunities were great. We had several lunches and dinners together with the Barclays professionals. Not to mention that even within the office everyone was very friendly to us and we could easily start a conversation and hear about them.

I learned that Barclays really enjoys when it's employees are friends between them. That's why it constantly creates different events and programs, even picnics for them to get to know each other and get involved in a different type of job

I would definitely recommend this insight to a friend. It has been a wonderful experience, I learned so many things and even more important made so many friends.