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NatWest Group

Intern Trainee Review

at NatWest Group

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

Edinburgh

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.8 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role
4.8/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
5/5 - Company Culture
4.5/5 - 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.
Placement project - completing Jira tasks. Learning React and editing quiz app frontend. Reaching out to colleagues when stuck and for updates about direction of project.
Intern business project - research/collaboration with team to formulate idea and make presentation.
Code club project (volunteering project), helping and responding to people, setting and completing tasks.
Staying in contact with manager.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes within each of my main projects I took responsibility for the tasks I had assigned to me. Especially within the code club project I was a tech lead for the frontend part of our application, I assigned sprint tasks, helped people complete tasks to deadlines and was imperative in coding development.
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?
Yes I have learned how to use ReactJS to create an application frontend. I have learned how to use the Jira platform to organise tasks and epics.
Developed my collaborative working skills, critical thinking and public presenting skills.
I have used the agile methodology within the 3 main projects I have completed.
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?
5/5
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
5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
My internship was very well organised and was designed to help support me as I progressed. I had main support from my manager throughout and was my main port of call for any issue I encountered. I had support from my graduate buddy who helped me integrate within the bank well. I felt supported by all of the interns and team colleagues I dealt with
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?
The culture is collaborative, everyone is happy to chat and support you. It was quite laid back as an intern and I could have done the bare minimum and still got an offer. I could have been challenged more. Although Natwest is keen to be ambitious and challenge the norm of how they do things
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?
5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement, I gained many skills and met many interesting and top professionals.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5

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
Make the most of your time there, network, get involved with socials, take part in challenging tasks to further your skills and understanding.
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