Data & Analytics Intern Review
at NatWest Group
Internship (1 Month+)
Data Analysis
Edinburgh
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.4 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
On a daily basis I would have a catch up with my manager for 15-30min, to catch up and go through any issues I was having regarding my placement project.
I would then join team meetings called stand-ups where everyone explains what they're working on for the day/week/sprint.
Following this I would work on the 3 things I mentioned below.
Most days I would join internship events where leaders of different parts of the bank share what they do and how they got where they are.
I would also join coffee clubs to meet people from different parts of the bank.
You could also join any activities/events that the bank is hosting. I joined a Hackathon on designing our own functional API.
Work:
1. Working on a placement project with my assigned team: I was working on automising their conversation data processing pipelines
2. Working on an internship business project: Hyper-personalising customers banking experience
3. Self-led learning: using their Data Academy and Data Camp learning resources to learn essential software skills
I would then join team meetings called stand-ups where everyone explains what they're working on for the day/week/sprint.
Following this I would work on the 3 things I mentioned below.
Most days I would join internship events where leaders of different parts of the bank share what they do and how they got where they are.
I would also join coffee clubs to meet people from different parts of the bank.
You could also join any activities/events that the bank is hosting. I joined a Hackathon on designing our own functional API.
Work:
1. Working on a placement project with my assigned team: I was working on automising their conversation data processing pipelines
2. Working on an internship business project: Hyper-personalising customers banking experience
3. Self-led learning: using their Data Academy and Data Camp learning resources to learn essential software skills
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes. The placement project with my assigned team was on automising their conversation data processing pipelines. It was a project that they are very interested in implementing bank-wide, however, arent able to work on at the moment due to busy schedule and required project deadlines
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have learnt many new skills:
Data engineering Skills: StreamSets, StreamSets SDK, Python object oriented programming
Presentation Skills: PowerPoint, Confluence, Figma
Organisation documentation: Confluence, Bitbucket (Git)
How a bank works - All the different departments that make up a make up a retail & commercial bank: Retail, Commercial, Fraud, Climate, Markets, Risk, EFX, Marketing, Software Engineering (Front-End, Back-End), Digital X (D&A, DE and Data Science)
Data engineering Skills: StreamSets, StreamSets SDK, Python object oriented programming
Presentation Skills: PowerPoint, Confluence, Figma
Organisation documentation: Confluence, Bitbucket (Git)
How a bank works - All the different departments that make up a make up a retail & commercial bank: Retail, Commercial, Fraud, Climate, Markets, Risk, EFX, Marketing, Software Engineering (Front-End, Back-End), Digital X (D&A, DE and Data Science)
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?
4/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
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 have a call with my manager and team everyday to go through any blockers. Also early careers team arranges a call with interns bi-weekly to check in on us. The support is great
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Superrrrrrrrr friendly everyone wants to help and are willing to help regardless of their position in the bank.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I loved it. Would highly recommend it anyone with a passion for learnign about the power of Data!
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
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
Take every opportunity you get even if you think you're not qualified for it (you'll learn the most if you fall under the latter)
Your behavioural skills are valued a lot higher than your technical abilities, overall if you are a good person and display the companies CPC's you are on track for securing the internship at NatWest!
Your behavioural skills are valued a lot higher than your technical abilities, overall if you are a good person and display the companies CPC's you are on track for securing the internship at NatWest!
