Overall Rating
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
3.8/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
I was shadowing my manager and going into various team meetings. I had coffee catch ups with various different people to get to know different areas of the bank. I also was given specific tasks from my manager to complete which helped towards his own tasks. I had to complete a group project and met regularly with my team. I also met weekly with my buddy for a chat.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given various tasks such as reviewing annual reviews and loan agreements as well as comparing covenants in the monitoring sheets to the FAs to see if they matched. I compared the data for a company for 2023 and 2024 and used it to start writing the credit paper for 2024 including graphs showing trends.
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 great networking skills as well as skills of how to work best in a team. I have also learnt analytical as well as technical skills and lots of banking terms and abbreviations that I didn't know previously.
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?
I received alot of guidance from my manager who I felt I could always go to for advice or if I didn't understand something he was always willing to explain to me. Whenever I felt I wanted more tasks to do I felt he was always happy to teach me and give me more responsibility. I also had weekly chats with my grad buddy which was really great as he had bee in my shoes.
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?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company culture was great everyone was always willing to talk to me and get to know me and tell me about their experience. I really felt a part of my team at NatWest and everyone was always willing to help and teach me about different areas.
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?
4/5
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?
I really enjoyed the internship as I feel I learnt so many vital new skills and general things about banking in general. In addition I felt very included at NatWest and that I was actually given responsibilities to carry out tasks.
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
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend NatWest Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to NatWest Group
The selection process can be really long but it is worth holding through as the internship is great at the end, Once in the internship take advantage of every opportunity given and speak to as many people as possible!
