Operations Analyst Placement Review

by Citi

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Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Part of the risk and control team which focused on analysing key risk metrics through various reporting techniques. These would be reported to directors on a monthly basis.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed excellent communication and team work skills and massively improved my knowledge of advanced Excel.


  • 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?
  • I felt like I was a full time employee as opposed to a placement student in a good sense as I had full control over my schedule and reports, support was always there if I needed it but I was encouraged to take on various tasks.


  • 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?
  • I had weekly one to ones and daily team calls and if I ever was really stuck on something, someone would jump on a call with me straight away.


  • 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?
  • The company culture felt very inclusive and development was always encouraged. I felt as though I had a lot of support and opportunities at my fingertips.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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 thoroughly enjoyed my placement and would recommend the Company and programme to anyone.


  • 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 Citi
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Citi
  • Definitely go for it and before the interview try and get as much background on the company as possible, as well as trying to broaden your knowledge on current affairs to boost your commercial awareness as that will really help.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Banking

Northern Ireland

October 2022


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