Intern Trainee Review

Placement project - completing Jira tasks. Learning React and editing quiz app frontend. Reaching out to colleagues when stuck and for updates about direction of project. Intern business project - research/collaboration with team to formulate idea and make presentation. Code club project (volunteering project), helping and responding to people, setting and completing tasks. Staying in contact with manager.

Yes I have learned how to use ReactJS to create an application frontend. I have learned how to use the Jira platform to organise tasks and epics. Developed my collaborative working skills, critical thinking and public presenting skills. I have used the agile methodology within the 3 main projects I have completed.

Yes within each of my main projects I took responsibility for the tasks I had assigned to me. Especially within the code club project I was a tech lead for the frontend part of our application, I assigned sprint tasks, helped people complete tasks to deadlines and was imperative in coding development.

My internship was very well organised and was designed to help support me as I progressed. I had main support from my manager throughout and was my main port of call for any issue I encountered. I had support from my graduate buddy who helped me integrate within the bank well. I felt supported by all of the interns and team colleagues I dealt with

The culture is collaborative, everyone is happy to chat and support you. It was quite laid back as an intern and I could have done the bare minimum and still got an offer. I could have been challenged more. Although Natwest is keen to be ambitious and challenge the norm of how they do things

I thoroughly enjoyed my placement, I gained many skills and met many interesting and top professionals.

Yes

Make the most of your time there, network, get involved with socials, take part in challenging tasks to further your skills and understanding.