Retail and Consumer Credit Risk Analyst Review

I enjoyed working within the Risk Architecture team and getting to meet everyone working within the wider Risk division. I also enjoyed all of the activities with the other interns.

My colleagues were quick to comment on the quality of my work and give their input on how I could improve the scope of my project.

I was given good guidance initially from my line manager about the project I had to complete and access to documentation. The brief for my project changed many times and by many different people, which was a little disruptive to the work I was already completing. My line manager then moved to Brighton from Halifax, meaning the communication was a little difficult and feedback became more sparse.

The project I was given was incredibly broad, however because it was not involved in the team's 'Business as Usual' function, I was often having to work around people's busy schedules in order to talk to them and get the information I needed. I often had to plan calls a week in advance, and the busy holiday period did not help this either, meaning that my work often ground to a halt for several hours. Unless I motivated myself to research more documents, or begin a new area ahead of schedule, I would not have been half as productive.

I wasn't given the responsibility of any 'Business as Usual' practices. Perhaps I should have asked more persistently to be involved in these, but I felt it might have benefited my project work to have sat on some of the calls with other teams in the bank.

The things I learnt were primarily using software such as PowerPoint and Visio. I also learnt how to research and reach out to many different teams within the bank. For my Maths degree, there was not enough work with Excel or numerical and quantitative skills. For the roles in finance I want to apply for it was useful to learn how the customer's data is collected and also how it is used in decisioning processes

Very helpful and friendly

Good project but because there was no real prior experience with interns within the team the brief was not always clear. Travel etc were easy and training was good

My line manager was determined to help me set goals and achieve them, as well as learn more about the industry in general.

Lloyds is a great place to work, but I wouldn't consider a position in Risk in the future.

This was the best bit about the internship.

Transport would have been expensive if I hadn't organised a car share with some of the Industrial Placement students.

Halifax is awful, but Leeds is great. It was good that you put the interns in Leeds.

There were with the inters and Industrial Placement students. My team was not very sociable and was very small, so there was limited activities organised outside of work.