Markets Summer Intern Review
by Barclays
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Barclays
- 7. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
Overview
Researching on markets, very time consuming but will achieve an extremely steep learning curve by the end of the internship. My desk mostly involved navigating through kdb studio, Tableau and using SQL and Python to code. I used Microsoft Excel and user visualisation softwares to give effective presentations. I also conducted a lot of research on the current market and gave my very first stock pitch. On a day-to-day basis, I mostly do research and coding.
Skills
Developed my Microsoft office skills, presentation skills, teamwork skills and commercial awareness since I had to conduct vast amounts of research of the daily market. Prior to this internship at Barclays, I did not know how to code at all other that using the software STATA that I learned at University, but after this internship, I picked up SQL, Python and navigating through user visualisation softwares such as Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Word and kdb studio.
Responsibilities
Yes, I was given a vast amount of responsibility during my internship.
Support & Guidance
A lot of support and guidance, especially from my line manager and my team throughout the internship.
Culture
The company culture was friendly and inclusive, and I noticed that the employees stick by the company's values and radiate positive energy throughout.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my internship very much because I obtained an extremely steep learning curve throughout.
Yes
Be honest and true to yourself
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Market Research
London
August 2021
