Operations Intern Review
by Barclays
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
3.0
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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 Barclays
- 7. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
Overview
Daily rota tasks (spreadsheets, reports etc.) Daily huddle meetings Weekly and bi weekly risk meetings Inventory task that spanned the length of the internship (back and forth emails between teams to update the annual review of an inventory)
Skills
Working virtually as a team. Communication skills by completing large annual reviews virtually.
Responsibilities
At times it was difficult to receive more responsibility due to access issues with certain sharedrives however I was given responsibility where possible
Support & Guidance
I had daily huddles with my team and spoke to my manager almost daily. I had a weekly formal meeting with my manager to discuss how the week was going and future plans/goals.
Culture
Very friendly and everyone was always including me in meetings and wider opportunities
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed my internship and made valuable contributions to my team.
Yes
Make sure to focus on understanding the core values of Barclays and how you align/relate to them.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Commercial Banking
Scotland
October 2021
