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NatWest Group

Risk Intern Review

at NatWest Group

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

Edinburgh

Review Submitted: August 2023

Overall Rating

4.6 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role
4.5/5 - Skills Development
4.5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.3/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
I attend meetings and help focus on Risk Transformation. This involves me contacting different Risk departments and collecting information from them and then analyzing this data for efficiencies and how it could be improved.
My role has stretched from making questionnaires to send out, to making and maintaining a spreadsheet, holding focus groups and presenting in from of stake holders.
There is also an intern project where I and other interns have worked together to answer a question set by the early careers team
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was very privileged to have been given responsibility and deliverables that made my internship enjoyable, my role wasn't incredibly high level all the time, but i was given tasks and items that mattered and had to be done, having an impact on the organization, no matter how small was very rewarding and helped my immensely with my motivation and enjoyment of my time at NatWest Group
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have developed my time management, public speaking, critical thinking and analysis skills.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I was given a good amount of support and guidance, we had an induction day that gave us a sense of the wider organizational culture. I had daily talks with my manager where we touched base and talked about the day ahead, these were incredibly useful and allowed me to build a good relationship with my manager where i was comfortable sharing my concerns and my skill aspirations so we could pivot some of my work towards those aspirations .
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company culture was fantastic, I did not meet someone who was not incredibly kind and helpful no matter my query.
Being new to office work and the financial sector was not a problem at all and people were incredibly welcoming and patient with a new starter who did not know any of the jargon or have developed skills within risk.
They understand you are an intern and are incredibly inclusive and warm within the work.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed my internship an incredible amount, the other interns and the graduates surrounding us gave me a sense of community and belonging, something i had worried about given i was not familiar with finance in any capacity before.
I was given an appropriate amount of work for an intern and delegated responsbilities where i felt my work mattered and in so doing helped my motivation and happiness.
There were plenty of social activities within the interns and i made friends with lots of incredible people.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at NatWest Group
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend NatWest Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to NatWest Group
Be yourself within the interviews and be kind. You are not expected to know everything but having a robust and kind character will help you extremely.
The assessment days are daunting if you haven't done any before, but the atmosphere is great and the other applicants aren't obstacles to overcome, they are teammates and working with them will help you succeed.
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