Spring Insight Week Review

by Bank of America

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.8/5
  • About You
    4.4
  • The Company
    5.0
  • Everything Else
    5.0

    About You

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

    • The insight week helped me understand what the financial sector really was. I could ask questions to professionals who have been working for years in their division and I could then understand what fit me the most. I met with incredible people from all around the world with different backgrounds and ambitions.

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

    • The company and the people were genuinely interested in me and my interest for the financial sector. We were encouraged to ask and speak our mind.

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

    • 3/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I developed many skills their: how to make a good presentation, how to catch the attention of an audience, how to give a good impression, how to be a team player. But I also learn technical knowledge about finance.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • It was well structured. We had a timetable from day 1 and every day was focusing on a precise topic.

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

    • Everyone was comfortable, there was no pressure.

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

    • As for the training, they are conferences for us to understand the financial sector, we also learn a lot during study cases or interactive games and can ask as much questions as we want. For the development, they taught us how to grow more confident and interact with people in order to build our network.

    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?

    • We have the opportunity to choose the division that we want to explore and to spend the day with professionals to see if this division would be the right fit for us.

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

    • I met with many people from the company through the days, networking events and diners. At the end of the week I could understand the culture of the company as I the reasons why people would want to work there and stay, I could understand what really mattered for the bank.

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

    • I could choose to explore divisions, I did study cases, interactive game, visited different locations, shadowed professionals, went to networking events in order to see if it was the right fit.

    5/5

    Everything Else

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

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

    • Everyday I would meet with people from the bank.

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

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

    • They were many activities available (sport, voluntary work etc.) and many networks.

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

    • I certainly would: it help me grow my network, meet with passionate people that had a lot of experiences to share, understand what is really the financial sector, experiment with different divisions to find the right fit.

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Banking

London

April 2019

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