Technology Industrial Placement Review
by Fidelity International
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 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 Fidelity International
- 7. Would you recommend Fidelity International to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Fidelity International
Overview
As a business analyst, my role was to communicate user requirements to developers, as well as market research and analysis for new and upcoming features. UX design for new features was also a large part of the role. Analysis of the product’s usage and how to further develop and increase how it’s used. Communicating with stakeholders on a regular basis.
Skills
I learnt how to use PowerBI to maximise and automate the way analytics are delivered ro users. Design software Figma was also used on a regular basis. Other Skills: analytical thinking, communication, product design, writing user stories and refining requirements, project management
Responsibilities
Yes, the team and my manager gave me the opportunity to take care of new features for the product from end to end
Support & Guidance
FIL provided great support throughout the placement. HR, senior management, the team and my manager were extremely helpful and were keen to listen to any ideas that I may have and wanted to help in developing them.
Culture
Very comfortable and friendly, welcoming atmosphere, everyone is very encouraging and they take time to help interns and other employees in any way they are able to.
Your Impressions
My placement has been immeasurably useful in developing my personal career goals and soft skills which would help me in the future. I enjoyed it thoroughly, although working from home did impact my experience quite a bit.
Yes
To anyone applying to FIL, be yourself! be vocal about any questions you may have and any opinions/thoughts/ideas that you come up with - FIL provides a space to discover them in deeper detail which could highly benefit you
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology, Computer Science
London
September 2021
