Data Science Intern Review

by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.5/5
  • About You
    4.3
  • The Company
    3.3
  • Everything Else
    3.8

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the virtual experience?

    • Really enjoyed my time at the FCA, learnt so many transferable skills I can apply to the rest of my career

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

    • All the work I did I felt was for a purpose and my LM justified the motivation behind what I was doing.

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

    • Frequent 121s with my LM who would always direct my efforts and give me great feedback

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

    • Definitely! I can use the skills I learnt here in any NLP projects I work on in the future

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the virtual experience?

    • Quite well structured, mon-thur I would be working with my business teams and Fridays would be my group project work

    3/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your virtual experience?

    • Very positive, shame about it being virtual but had a great time

    4/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • They did quite a bit! Provided weekly Kaplan training and the LM training was invaluable.

    4/5
  • 8. To what extent did the virtual experience help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • I really got a feel for how my team worked even though it was virtual.

    4/5
  • 9. How much did the virtual experience help you in understanding the company culture?

    • Through the team meetings I got to see how my colleagues interacted and got a feel for the company culture.

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • 3/5

    Everything Else

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

    • Was paid the Grad role salary pro-rata.

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

    • Definitely! I could ask for a chat with anyone from any division. Everyone was open to talking which was nice.

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

    • As good as they could be given the circumstances.

    3/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • Apart from the odd virtual quiz, I didn't have access to that many extra-curricular activities

    2/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this virtual experience to a friend?

    • Such an invaluable experience and a great place to work!

    5/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

Banking, Data Science, Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Science

London

August 2020

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