TVS risk specialists division Review

by Bank of England

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Rating

4/5
  • About You
    4.3
  • The Company
    3.9
  • Everything Else
    3.9

    About You

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

    • It was a really great experience, traveling, getting to work on time and working within one of the most important financial risk institutions in the country

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

    • Pretty much all of the time, everybody was nice and showed me each of their departments in detail

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

    • Quite a lot, at times I was sitting at my desk for a while though but this was probably because of myself

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

    • Extremely helpful, my supervisor gave me tough mathematics problems in order to prepare for interviews and a more logical style of thinking as well as worthwhile experience programming on matlab. The other department also improved my time keeping and IT skills

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Mostly structured, times where I did nothing but most time was full, and the time I did nothing was filled with personal A2 revision

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

    • Very nice, full of many lively people

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

    • I was offered many tasks to do during the internship which developed my skills, the supervisors and people also took time out of their day to explain each department to me

    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?

    • Didn't get to do everything because of expertise levels but I did still learn quite a few things that were useful for the job

    4/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • Attending awaydays helped me understand hte companies objetives/culture

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

    • Partially useful, I want something highly mathematical without the excessive use of computers though

    4/5

    Everything Else

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

    • On time and in full

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

    • Yup I made about 5 contacts

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

    • There were some but it was mainly floating around the company and meeting people

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

    • IT training and physical training stuff but didn't hear much about it

    2/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Very helpful!

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

September 2013

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