HR Intern Review

by Barclays

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Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I help support various transformation projects across the HR business area.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I've developed project management and stakeholder management skills. I've also gained new skills in Microsoft Powerpoint.


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • I was able to take part in meetings and contribute to the transformation projects from my perspective which was an amazing opportunity.


  • 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?
  • Any support or concerns you have are listened to. My line manager had meetings with me every week to check up on me and see how I was doing.


  • 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?
  • Everyone is super friendly and are really helpful if you have a question or you're struggling to understand something. They treat you fairly and no question is too silly to ask.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • 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 enjoyed it thoroughly and I really do recommend anyone who is interested in HR to apply to the HR Summer Analyst scheme because it's a great opportunity to learn about HR in a huge corporation like Barclays.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Barclays
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
  • Really try and figure out why you'd like to work at Barclays (e.g. the culture, values etc)


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Human Resources

London

July 2022


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