Intern Natwest Group Review

by NatWest Group

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Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • In an average day I will have a short meeting with my manager or buddy they ensure I have everything I need for the day and resolve blockers. I will then go about my tasks ensuring I complete any work required. I will also attend scheduled meetings and also take time to develop myself with sessions on skills.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes, I have learned technical skills such as working with pipelines and go to live plans. As well as developed social skills like confidence organisation, effective questioning and handling stakeholders.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes I would say too much for an intern as the project was large and little guidance was provided on how this should be conducted


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received guidance but not for the right things. I think too much knowledge was assumed from us as interns which often left me overwhelmed


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very people focussed, always keen to do the right thing to support. Also supportive and not judgemental. Open to helping interns be the best version of themselves.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Whilst I enjoyed the internship I feeI It may have not been the best fit for myself. Great opportunity and experience for someone looking to get industry experience in a large company such as NatWest with lots of purpose led sessions, wellbeing and development sessions.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at NatWest Group
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend NatWest Group to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to NatWest Group
  • Dont hesitate to apply it is very competitive, research the bank, its history and resources and if successful make every opportunity to learn as much as you can.


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Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science, Information Technology

Scotland

August 2021


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