Technology Summer Intern Review

by HSBC

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Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Worked on different tech projects with a group of interns coding and using cloud tools. Learning a lot of new skills and meeting loads of people who are always happy to help


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Loads of new skills. HSBC are great in helping you learn so much through free courses and training. I have definitely learned a lot of useful industry knowledge in tech and financial software development.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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 think we were given the perfect amount of responsibility


  • 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?
  • There was always someone willing to help and we never had an issue that did not get solved in a day.


  • 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?
  • It was very nice chatting to all the people and we got exposure to so many different business lines


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • I was pleasantly surprised by how nice the internship was. I didn't expect to do as much hands-on experience and how lovely everyone was


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

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

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

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC
  • Be yourself and be open! Ask loads of questions and smile! It's not about your technical skills, it's about how excited and motivated you are to learn, and about your communication skills!


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

August 2021


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