Penultimate Year Internship Review

by Bank of England

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

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

    • Learn the FX and MM desk, the team and what the Bank does and also analyse trades done by the bank to be able to present to upper management

    Skills

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

    • Learnt skills in stakeholder management and networking as well as analysis skills

  • 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?

    • Was given a lot of responsibility in having the data of all Fx trades

  • 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?

    • As much as I needed and could always ask for help

  • 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?

    • Very inclusive and diverse, low pressure

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I really enjoyed it!

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

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Bank of England

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Bank of England to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bank of England

    • Be honest about why you’re applying to work in the public sector!

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

October 2021

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