Strategy Analyst Intern Review

by Capital One

Best Student Employer

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.
  • Conduct an analysis of how changing the firm's approach to modelling applicants' income tax payments will affect the firm's lending. This involves pulling data using SQL and using JupyterLab+Excel to conduct analysis.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I had formal training sessions (similar to lectures) on technical skills such as SQL, Excel and Python. There were also sessions to introduce interns to the different teams in the department, as well as presentation skills training. A lot of the learning was also done on the job.


  • 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 was given to me. My project and the recommendations that I presented are key to the firm's lending decision frameworks.


  • 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 received plenty of support and guidance during my internship. Everyone was very welcoming and helpful. My team taught me technical skills on the job, and took time to help me sharpen my soft skills.


  • 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?
  • People in Capital One are very friendly and approachable. This made the internship experience very pleasant and allowed me to be unafraid to seek help.


  • 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?
  • I have enjoyed my internship to a great extent. I developed new technical skills, met a lot of great people, and learnt many new things.


  • 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 Capital One
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One
  • Understand the culture of the firm and how they approach their analysis.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Retail Banking

London

September 2023


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