Summer Associate Review

Item: Summer Associate at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Rating: 3.8
Author: Anonymous

at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Internship (1 Month+)

Government, Retail Banking

stratford

Review Submitted: August 2023

Overall Rating

3.8 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

3.8/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.8/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - 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.

Involved reviewing responses from Retail Banks and assessing these against set criteria. In addition there were training sessions to develop soft skills such as presenting, stakeholder management and networking

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Was given a large amount of responsibility and was able to work in an integral manner to projects.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Developed qualitative and quantitative analysis, presentation skills, project management, time management and review writing.

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?

3/5

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?

Was given lots of support and guidance from colleagues, who were always willing to help if I had any questions. Training and skills sessions were provided regularly throughout the internship.