Spring Insight Week Review

The insight week was very eye opening and introduced me to the different technologies and techniques that are being used within the financial sector. I hadn't previously considered FinTech as a career for me, but now I'm looking at FinTech internships to try and get some hands on experience. Very helpful!

Barclays put a lot of time and effort into providing good quality training from IDG, an external provider, on teamwork. They also had their staff come and give talks on various areas of the business, and their grads let us work shadow them. The insight week was very well prepared and we felt valued.

Rachel and Anne Marie were present throughout the whole week to answer any questions, no matter what they were. The staff during the networking and work shadowing were also very keen to answer questions, and we were even presented with a panel to ask as many questions as we could

I learnt a lot about up and coming technologies, which will assist me with my degree, but also I learnt so much about teamwork and good workplace etiquette. I also learnt about personal brand and interview technique, all of which will be very useful during my degree and when applying for jobs

As said above, the work insight was really well structured. The days were all well planned to allow for lots of different activities and we stuck to the schedule relatively well. The good organisation meant that we could have lots of speakers in one day, along with work shadowing, networking and team building.

Everyone was so lovely and the atmosphere was really great. I met lots of great friends and people that I'd like to keep on touch with after the event. The atmosphere was actually the best part of the insight week, and we are all so sad to see it end

We had speakers who came and explained each area of the business so we knew and understood more about what Barclays did. We also had plenty of opportunities to network and chat with people who worked at Barclays, including senior staff and recent grads. We had lots of opportunities to work shadow too.

We spoke lots about the values of Barclays and how they try to implement each one in their business. We also talked a lot about how staff uphold these values and why they're important to Barclays as a business. This was a really useful insight into the culture

I was paid a stipend plus reimbursed for travel

There were so many opportunities for networking, both with senior staff, and recent graduates. This was one of the best parts of the week as we had so many opportunities to ask any questions and it was great to get a balanced insight into what different people's experience was of working there

Yes I absolutely would, I feel like I've gained so much and that I've had an insight into how my life can look after I graduate. It's definitely given me an experience I'll never forget and an insight into how I can further develop my career, which is so important