Corporate Banking Intern Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Creating and updating documents regarding bank's client relations. Participated in client calls, researched clients and kept up to date with their news.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Skills developed: interpersonal, professional, networking, social, numeric New skills: knowledge on banking and its products, finance knowledge gained


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • Moderate amount of responsibility. Had to complete tasks in given deadlines and many times the updated information would affect knowledge on the client so right information had to be passed on to the team


  • 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?
  • Team members dedicated portions of their time to walk through tasks and explain why certain things have to be done which also helped with understanding the broader operations of corporate banking.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Diverse and inclusive. Teamwork was very important and there was a very good level of support within teams and even between members from other teams. Everyone also dedicated time for catch-ups to get to know interns and did that with the wider team too to keep in touch on a more personal level. Socials were also organised to keep the team spirit alive.


  • 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?
  • Very well organised and insightful. The team tried to get us to know as much as possible about the wider banking operations to get a more holistic view of it.


  • 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 themselves throughout the application process and be open to learning new things. Also, be curious about the bank and not be scared to seek for help and support.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

May 2022


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