Summer Intern Review

by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.8/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    3.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Review of documents and creating chronologies Drafting potential interview questions Drafting Information Requests Receive regular training

    Skills

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

    • Learned to time manage and use Outlook to organise my day well. Developed attention to detail Able to analyse large amounts of data Learned to write a concise report

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Some responsibility was given, usually writing drafts and working with other people I was given the lead in one strand of an investigation and was the only person working on the particular task.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Support from team members Guidance from buddies and graduate mentors

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • The culture was very friendly and people are willing to have a chat Good work life balance

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 2/5
  • 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 enjoyed meeting new people and networking It was good to gain a greater understanding of the company and industry

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

    • Align yourselves to their values Be open

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Financial Management, Legal/Law

London

August 2024

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