Student Economist Review

by HM Treasury

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.

    • working on delivering a smooth budget and evaluating the current state of the economy. This included briefing senior civil servants and ministers.

    Skills

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

    • developed key written and presentational skills. Gained new skills in data analysis and retrieval.

  • 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?

    • You have the opportunity to gain lots of responsibilities throughout your placement, especially in the latter half of your time. This includes leading projects and taking up additional responsibilities.

  • 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 was given lots of support and guidance, with a minimum of once-a-week catch-up with my line manager and quarterly reviews to discuss areas of development.

  • 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?

    • There is a really strong culture, with many work socials and team-building activities that were meaningful and impactful.

  • 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 had an amazing time on placement and would highly recommend anyone to apply!

  • 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 HM Treasury

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend HM Treasury to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to HM Treasury

    • Learn how to write up behaviours

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Economics

London

November 2024

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