Industrial Engineering Internship Review

by American Express

Rating

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

    Overview

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

    • Intern investigating the technical aspects of financial services offered by American Express and rival companies, and working to help the team as a product owner, taking control of scrum teams.

    Skills

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

    • Leadership - working with scrum teams Financial and Tokenisation information Office / soft 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?

    • 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?

    • A lot of responsibility as I managed a scrum team for many weeks, they were there to support me throughout

  • 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?

    • A lot of support, from both direct leads and a "buddy" we were given to help with any questions. A lot of pages were available on their system for me to look up information in addition to.

  • 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?

    • Great, very social and supportive. Very friendly and got to meet many people.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • Really enjoyed it, got a great insight into an area I had no experience in, loads of support, and a brilliant environment.

  • 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 American Express

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend American Express to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to American Express

    • Go for it. Great corporate environment, people stay here for a reason and its because the culture is not like many others present.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

South East

August 2022

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