insight day Review

by Bank of England

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Rating

3.6/5
  • About You
    3.8
  • The Company
    3.3
  • Everything Else
    3.8

    About You

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

    • generally it's good

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

    • many interactions and Q&As

    4/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • There was an interesting business game: we were put in different groups and acted as commercial banks and we need to interactive with the centre bank in the open market operations and negotiate with other peer commercial banks in order to get the best interest rates, and the whole idea of this game was to simulate the primary work of the centre bank and to give us a better understanding of how banks operate.

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

    • information we received was basically came from presenations, discussions and business game (this one was really good), but there was no tour in the bank and thus not so much visual and first hand experience of what exactly they are doing there.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • very structured, and it had varies of activities, including brief, business game, lunch networking, presentation, coffee break networking, panel discussion, etc., but the pity was that there was no tour in the bank, which was different as I expected.

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

    • people there were nice

    4/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Because it's just an insight day (only one day) aiming at telling us the infomation, and there was not much training or investment

    1/5
  • 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?

    • be vividly illustrated by the business game

    3/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • there was no presetation talking about the culture, but you can get a sence of the culture from people's talking, rigorous for example.

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • more info about the selection process than website, for example, what kind of support we can get.

    4/5

    Everything Else

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

    • expenses reimbursement is up to 35 pounds, and you need to, pay the rest yourself if there is any.

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

    • Nice neteworking opportunities in both lunch and coffee break

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

    • Good, with both employees, current interns and other candidates

    4/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • gyms for example, mentioned in the brochure and the panel discussion

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

    • It was generally a good insight day

    4/5
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Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

North West

August 2013

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