Summer Intern Review
by American Express
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at American Express
- 7. Would you recommend American Express to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to American Express
Overview
Analysed UK market trends for acquisition of new customers in the UK LFO team to create a final presentation on trends by Generation and Products. Made use of Excel, PowerPoint and SQL Databases to deliver insights that shape future decisions based on recommendations made. Day-to-day involves networking with key stakeholders across Amex, upskilling in trainings and team meetings to discuss UK market margins and forecasts. Team meetings sometimes involve senior leadership team in the UK.
Skills
Learned Excel, SQL and PowerPoint deck presentations. Developed communication and teamwork skills by networking within the UK LFO team as well as outside in other Business Lines. Learned time management and presentation skills by talking with hiring managers and receiving constructive feedback. Enhanced analytical ability based on cross-sectional and time-series data to identify trends in the UK market. Improved my knowledge of the credit card industry including the negotiation of Cobrand deals, merchant side, and issuer side of the business.
Responsibilities
Responsibility of completing a project whilst keeping up with weekly team meetings to ensure that knowledge of business was up to date. Time management and organization of coffee chats and stakeholder meetings.
Support & Guidance
Had a Buddy and a Hiring Manager with weekly developmend meetings. Guidance and constructive feedback on project received.
Culture
Good culture, many people were friendly and open to talk about thier business roles and give feedback on work.
Your Impressions
Highly recommend internship, a lot of social events and strong support system for feedback and development opportunities.
Yes
Learn company business functions and express knowledge of the business and interest in functioning. Understand the nuances to do with Amex's Business Model and express in interviews.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Financial Management
London
August 2024
