Summer Finance Intern Review

by Centrica

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.3/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • I was given responsibility for 3 discrete tasks during my internship : Working on Interims, completing the weekly performance report and improving the Centrica Model used by my team. We would have daily team catch ups to discuss what everyone is working on and what's coming up, followed by some independent work (getting help when necessary) and then I would always have a catch up with my line-manager in the afternoon to discuss any problems.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • There's been a great focus on development throughout the placement, whether that's through personal skills or finance specific skills. The reflection document used helps you identify any areas for development and is something I found really useful.

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes I had a lot of individual responsibility throughout my placement, with support available when I needed it.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Whenever I needed help and/or extra information, the relevant people were always happy to help out.

  • 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 really easy to approach people outside of your team as everyone I came across was happy to help out and had a genuine interest in you and your work at Centrica. I found it to be a really positive working atmosphere.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I really enjoyed my time here at Centrica, the seven weeks went by very quickly!

  • 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 Centrica

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica

    • Put the time in to do your research on Centrica, including its business structure and values, this will help inform your motivations for wanting to work here which is really important whilst applying.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

South East

August 2021

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