Insight week Review

by Bank of America

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.3/5
  • About You
    4.1
  • The Company
    4.2
  • Everything Else
    4.8

    About You

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

    • The insight was really participative and diversified with several games and work shadowing to get a better understanding of all the different department of the bank.

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

    • A lot of employees have been asked to participate during this week. They were full of advices and spend a lot of time with us.

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

    • The team of HR was always present and ready to guide us during the whole week.

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

    • All the games and the skills sessions we had, help me develop my teamwork, my presentation, my problem solving skills, that will be useful in my degree studies but also in my future work.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • The insight was really well structured with a coherent evolution during the week. Each day was more focus on a particular department of the firm, and alternate with games and presentations.

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

    • The athmosphere was really friendly between all the participants but also professional with the employees.

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

    • The firm invested a lot with the different skills presentations we had but also the games (teamwork, stock pitch...)

    5/5
  • 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?

    • I think that spending time speaking with a lot of current employees, with different points of view, made me get a good understanding of what it would be like to work here.

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

    • The different sessions and the chats we had with the analyst gave us a good understanding of the company culture

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

    • After this week, you may not know what you want to do but you definitely can know what you will not do. Moreover you can discover new types of works you would not have thought about.

    4/5

    Everything Else

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

    • I was fairly reimburse

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

    • We had opportunities to meet other employees almost all the time during the whole week.

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

    • The networking event opportunities were very diverse and complementary; it was definitely very useful.

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

    • We had an entire session dedicated to this types of activities.

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

    • This insight is really valuable in term of personal skills as much as in term of networking. It also helps a lot to get a better understanding of all the different works we can do in a bank.

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

April 2014

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