Commercial Banking Summer Intern Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Typically reviewing data surrounding HSBC's performance and identifying opportunities for improvement, preparing client pitches, attending and preparing for client meetings, assessing client need from RFP's, as well as organising events such as networking sessions.

    Skills

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

    • Teamwork, time management, leadership, Excel skills, resilience & responsibility

  • 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?

    • 5/5
  • 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 trusted with sensitive data and information

  • 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?

    • Heaps of support and guidance, from both colleagues and the emerging talent/graduate team.

  • 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?

    • Very friendly, supportive and everyone was happy to help and approachable. A nice working environment in the office - professional but still fun

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I really enjoyed my placement

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

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

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

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC

    • Keep an open mind as you may be surprised by what/how much you enjoy work and opportunities you're given!

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Commercial Banking

London

August 2022

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