Intern Review

Great team and line manager and learnt a lot during this placement. Had a wide overview of a coverage role which taught me how banks work with other banks, how they manage their clients and the products they offer. Also, there was lots for me to get involved with so I was always busy.

Had a lot of responsibility on pieces of work. One in particular I led and it took me roughly 5-6 weeks to complete through collating information from stakeholders across the bank. I'd always be asked to get involve in things and when reached out there was usually something for me to do and add value to.

Throughout the internship we had weekly 1 to 1s with my line manager where I'd state what I had done and what I'd like to work on in the following weeks. Hew would take this on board and change and adapt work to suit me. I had lots of support for my intern and charity challenge as well as them taking their time to explain technical products that I hadn't fully grasped yet.

On a daily basis I was kept very busy, which I very much enjoyed. I'd always have some work to do and deadlines due, but also had enough time to go and talk to other interns or arrange coffee chats with other members of the team. So the balance was great.

Had a lot of responsibility on pieces of work. One in particular I led and it took me roughly 5-6 weeks to complete through collating information from stakeholders across the bank. I'd always be asked to get involve in things and when reached out there was usually something for me to do and add value to. Furthermore, I would carry out briefs and annual renewals were I would research the country and present a case for why limits should be renewed.

Gained a better overview of a coverage role and how banks interact with other banks as clients. The general knowledge gained and key things to look out for in news articles for the state of an economy would prove invaluable in my degree, especially as it is an economics one.

There was always some conversation or a group that I could get involved with or go and sit and have a chat with across the floor. Occasionally when we were busier we would be more constricted to work to our deadlines, but everyone was welcoming, happy to help and would take time out to explain or answer any questions I had.

Apart from the IT issues and not having access to certain systems in the first week, everything else went smoothly. I had experienced meeting different people for different sectors in the bank as well as worked on a wide variety of projects throughout the inner team and wider teams. This was very enjoyable.

Lloyds has been a great place to learn and develop myself. The culture reinforces allowing people to make mistakes and learn from them. I have learnt a lot in terms of technical information but also wider issues around Brexit, politics and the general economy and banking sector in general. Across two internships here I have gained a tremendous amount of knowledge.

I would definitely work for Lloyds as why I am applying for the graduate programme to get on the client relations scheme. My only concern is that scholars had already completed a assessment centre and part of the way it aws sold to us was that we would not have to complete another assessment centre for the graduate scheme. However, I felt this was unfairly changed this year as it misrepresented what we had been told initially. I believe this change should have been implemented to the newest year of upcoming scholars to keep in line with what the scheme had been sold as.

Met a lot of friends and enjoyed being able to go for lunch, dinner and drinks with other colleagues and interns. It was always a laugh and allowed us to learn more about the social life we all lived as we weren't confined to work. Will definitely keep in touch with the friends I've made here.

It was very expensive as it is central London, and as students we are not used to paying this much for food or drinks. However, some events were paid for by the emerging talent department and the ones that weren't were still good value for money such as the graduate and interns boat party

N/A - did not attend

There was lots of charity events to be involved with from team runs, cycling or getting involved in a chill rounders match with the group as well as lots of events involving networking drinks. The opportunities were there and were given allowing us to socialise and develop a deeper connection with colleagues.