Summer Intern Review

Item: Summer Intern at HSBC
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at HSBC

Internship (1 Month+)

Retail Banking, Banking

Birmingham

Review Submitted: August 2023

Overall Rating

4.9 /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

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - 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.

Individual project into accessibility, as well as other intern project working with Employee resource groups, charity project and self lead development and networking.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, given an independent project to lead and deliver myself, as well as projects with other interns. Given a lot of self development opportunities, and the independence to plan visits to other areas of the company.

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?

Learnt skills in product management, accessibility and networking

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

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?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Lots of support from a graduate buddy, placement manager and graduate placement manager. Weekly check-ins as well as constant feedback from all of these.

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?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Everyone was so welcoming and happy to speak to me, even when visiting other areas of the bank for self organized days.

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?

Really enjoyed it all, work was an appropriate level of difficulty. Plenty of opportunities to meet new people and engage with people working across the bank.