Spring Insight Week Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.8/5
  • About You
    3.0
  • The Company
    4.2
  • Everything Else
    4.0

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • Lots of information given over the three days

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • Hard over a 3 day programme

    2/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • Chance to ask lots of questions

    4/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • More about the firm than your own skills, though there was an activity to help you highlight your own personal skills

    3/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Pretty well structured, days were long and full of events

    4/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • Everyone was pretty friendly and inclusive

    5/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Good presentations, some on developing skills

    4/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • Focus of the insight week

    5/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • Again, a key focus of the insight week. HSBC has a very different culture to other banks

    5/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • Presentations from a wide range of business areas

    4/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

    • Travel reimbursed

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • Lots of networking opportunities, along with a follow up event in July

    5/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Excellent, networking drinks, networking lunch and networking dinner

    5/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • Not really, brief mention of it by some employee's in coversation

    3/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • It's a fantastic company

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

May 2013

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