Spring Intern at Operations Barclays Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.5/5
  • About You
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.8
  • Everything Else
    4.3

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • I very much enjoyed this insight into Operations. I would highly recommend this as you get to learn about the business and the businesses they support.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • The company put a lot of time into ensuring that very minute is filled with insight, through a variety of methods.

    5/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • You receive a lot of guidance in terms of what you personally what not in terms of what will benefit the company best.

    5/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Completing a project within a team is always of benefit when improving team skills.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Very well structured, an accompanying app was in use on the sprig week with our agenda's on it.

    4/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • Not like the typical Spring weeks, very calm and friendly.

    5/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • The firm invested a lot as we took a behavioural test to understand our social styles. Which helped us understand how one another function.

    5/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • Lots of Chats with many people in different transaction cycles. Also a very interesting networking evening.

    5/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • Yes going through the values and what they mean in a big group very much helped.

    5/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • Very good as employees had exposure to other parts of the bank and were ultimately able to answer any questions around operations and other businesses

    5/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

    • £250 and £60 ( Week TFL Travel expenses)

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • Yes we had a whole evening in networking.

    3/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Very informative the allocated employees were very helpful and spent a lot of time explaining.

    5/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • yes a lot of exciting charity work.

    5/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Yes operations also explains what their supporting businesses also do.

    5/5
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Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

April 2019

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