Spring Intern Review
by Barclays
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Rating
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About You
4.6
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The Company
4.8
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Everything Else
4.5
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
- 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
- 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 5. How well structured was the insight?
- 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
- 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 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?
- 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
- 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
- 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
- 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
- 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
- 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
- 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
About You
Extremely enjoyable experience. People, structure and atmosphere were just extremely enjoyable and gave a lot of us an idea of what we want to do in the future and what to do to realise those goals. In addition, it really showed how the organisation works like and what can be done within it.
All of the Barclays employees were really concerned with our development and role within the organisation. Everyone was extremely helpful and always willing to answer any of the questions.
A lot. There were shadowing sessions organised on four out five days with current grads or people just off the grad scheme. The guidance from each and every one of them was amazing, with helpful feedback and advice on the programmes and applications.
It was certainly very helpful in the context of what I want to be doing after graduation. In addition, it gave me an idea of which modules to pick and what to specialise in at later years of uni.
The Company
Very well structured. It was a mix of work shadowings, presentations, group project work and panels. All of those were very well organised and the people presenting really enjoyed that. It definitely gave us a good idea of what the organisation is like and how we can fit within it/
The people in the programme were really, really great. It was amazing how such a random group of people really got along together and shared their ideas and insights.
A great deal. We participated in a lot of skills sessions covering mainly: Presentation Skills, Networking Skills, Interviews Skills and others. All of them were very relatable and definitely helped in making the most of the programme.
It helped us a lot. The shadowing sessions with people on the grad programme really gave us an idea of how developers and business analysts fit within the organisation and what the scope of their responsibility is.
We had a session on the company values which really seemed to be demonstrated throughout the different presentations and panel sessions.
Very valuable. It definitely helped me choose the right career path and a role within that path.
Everything Else
We got paid 250 pounds for the whole week.
A lot. We got to know a lot of the employees during the networking session.
We had a networking session on top of Barclays building.
Yes, a lot of them spoke about what they were doin g.
Definitely, really good experience
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Banking
London
March 2015
