Insight programme Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Business Insight
    4.3
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
  • I attended some interesting presentations by some of the employees at HSBC, they spoke about what working in technology would involve. Also some postgraduate employees spoke about the application process when applying for placements as well as other opportunities at HSBC.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • The insight wasn’t particularly aimed at developing new skills, more so on getting an insight into working at HSBC


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

  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
  • 3/5

    Business Insight

  • 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
  • The insight week was quite informative about HSBC as a business, there could have potentially been a more in-depth overview of all the potential roles available, however the speakers did talk about their roles and what those involve.


  • Please rate how insightful you found the insight
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the structure of the insight
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 4. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The company culture and atmosphere seemed to be very supportive and inclusive, there was a lot of emphasis on diversity and inclusivity which was very encouraging.


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

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

  • Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • I thoroughly enjoyed the insight, it was also good that it was spread out over a couple of days, as this meant that if you couldn’t attend one of the events, you had the chance to attend a similar one on a different day


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at HSBC
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to HSBC
  • Definitely attend insight weeks, spring weeks etc in order to get a better understand of the company, as well as roles available.


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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Investment Banking

London

July 2021


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