Finance Intern Review

by NatWest Group

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Shadowing my placement team two days a week. Other time is filled with working on two projects with other interns and taking part in development sessions.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have developed my communications skills through constantly working with others. Practical exposure to what i have studied in my degree has allowed me to develop my knowledge. I have developed my IT skills as I have been working entirely from home.


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

  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I have been able to make contributions to my placement team as a result of responsibility over creating certain excel documents. The projects with other interns enables us to be completely responsible for the outcome.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • My line manager and buddy have been very supportive. Support is very accessible, i have lots of contacts i could go to. Technical problems resolved through "ask archie". General attitude is very supportive


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very good. Lots of social events organised for interns as well as mixers. Mixers organised with finance graduates also.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Really enjoyed so far. Work is captivating. Team are supportive and inclusive. Company culture appears to be good. Exceeds expectations. Definitely would go back.


  • 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
  • Interview process is challenging but is worth it for a well-paid job with good work-life balance.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Accounting

International

July 2021


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