Change and Business Solutions Intern Review
at NatWest Group
Internship (1 Month+)
Banking
Edinburgh
Review Submitted: July 2021
Overall Rating
5 /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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Speaking to wider areas of the bank about issues they face and coming up with solutions as to how to fix these processes, both internally and externally. Lots of Zoom calls with people and independent project work.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes - being given a good level of responsibility so far. Am being brought up to speed on projects before being handed them to work on, helping me to network and use my intuition, whilst being supported throughout it all.
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 new Python, LeanKit, JIRA, Confluence and Excel skills, as well as developing presentation and networking skills.
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?
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?
Had a buddy scheme with a graduate, and two hour calls with them a week to ask any questions we needed, or to job shadow them, and have general chat. Also had line manager with 5 calls a week, to cover training, anything I'm unsure of, and action plan and tasks for the week. Very much feeling supported.
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?
Such good company culture, everyone is so supportive and so willing to give time to the interns which surprised me. Seems like such a good company to work for, genuinely caring about every colleague.
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?
Absolutely loving my internship so far, can see myself doing this in the future and really enjoying the culture and environment I am in.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
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
I think the biggest thing would be to be yourself throughout the whole process, because you'll only be a good fit in company culture if you're accepted for being yourself. Be personable and friendly, and try to enjoy the process rather than feeling nervous for it.
