Intern Review
at NatWest Group
Internship (1 Month+)
Insurance and Risk Management
Edinburgh
Review Submitted: August 2024
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
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.5/5
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Company Culture
3.5/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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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.
Shadowing, sitting in on meetings, looking over credit applications, working with other interns on a business project. Various upskilling such as learning Python (useful for Risk Modelling) or learning more about my area of Risk (credit risk)
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Not really. More of a learning experience.
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 Coding Skills- completed a course in Introductory Python
- Developed Technical knowledge about credit risk particularly in reference to real estate
- Developed presentation and public speaking skills
- Developed teamwork skills
- Developed Technical knowledge about credit risk particularly in reference to real estate
- Developed presentation and public speaking skills
- Developed teamwork 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?
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?
Excellent support and guidance from my manager, team, and graduate buddy. Poor support, guidance, and general organisation from the team organising the internship
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?
Good, very helpful, relaxed
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?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Needed more notice from internship team on when you would be required to be in the office, plus on volunteering days, especially whether such days could be moved around.
Would be good if internship team had been better organised. I did not have Zoom on my first day, another intern had a manager who did not know that she had an intern on the first day. Onboarding process took far longer than it should have done. In later years would be good to have everything more prepared for interns so we can hit the ground running.
Would be good if internship team had been better organised. I did not have Zoom on my first day, another intern had a manager who did not know that she had an intern on the first day. Onboarding process took far longer than it should have done. In later years would be good to have everything more prepared for interns so we can hit the ground running.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at NatWest Group
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend NatWest Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to NatWest Group
Do it if you want a stable job and a good working environment
