WPB Summer Intern Review
by HSBC
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 HSBC
- 7. Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC
Overview
Working in Digital within UK WPB. I worked in the innovation and partnerships team and I had to develop recommendations for the team. My day-to-day included networking with people across digital and other areas of the bank, data research, researching the market, carrying out surveys and gathering insight, attending development talks and banking talks. I also had to create a presentation for a Employee resource group and raise money for Mind.
Skills
I have learnt how to efficiently research data and get a rich understanding of the current banking market. I have developed my presentation skills and managing a project from the research phase to presenting. I have improved my excel skills and powerpoint skills. I have developed my networking skills, being able to talk to various stakeholders, even at senior levels and ask them different questions.
Responsibilities
Management of my own project, developing my own research method and direction of the project. Given autonomy to connect with people across the business.
Support & Guidance
Daily check-in with line manager, and whole team very supportive. Weekly check-in with a grad (gradcoach). For employee resource project, we had a grad sponser who offered a lot of guidance. Overall the whole of HSBC was very supportive - wanting you to succeed
Culture
very inclusive - lots of intern talks on diversity and inclusion. Part of internship was getting involved in an employee resource project to drive inclusion, also had to volunteer for a charity for a day and raise money for mind. Big drive on helping interns understand the sustainable goals of the bank.
Your Impressions
I thoroughly enjoyed my internship, particularly the exposure I had to several different areas of the bank and the inclusive culture of the different stakeholders I met. something that stood out for me was the enthusiasm of senior stakeholders to take time out to chat through things. The work challenged me but was also very interesting, giving me a good basis for furthering my career.
Yes
Be yourself. Ask questions, don't be afraid of asking the wrong question. Be confident in networking with others, they want to hear your opinion.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Retail Banking
London
August 2021
