Internal Audit Intern Review

Item: Internal Audit Intern at NatWest Group
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at NatWest Group

Internship (1 Month+)

Accounting

Edinburgh

Review Submitted: August 2021

Overall Rating

4.4 /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 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - 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.

Working within teams to audit a control for the bank. The role also includes numerous development and learning sessions to further your understanding of the business as a whole

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I was assigned real tasks that were part of audit work currently ongoing in the bank

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?

Mindfulness, basic data analytics, improved teamwork, communication, and time management skills, as well as more technical knowledge of the audit process

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?

Weekly sessions with a grad buddy who acts as a mentor throughout the process were key to my development over the 8 week internship

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?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Positive atmosphere, lots of great wellbeing resources and a positive work life balance business, great ethos and look after all their staff really well especially when it comes to professional exams and training

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

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 really enjoyed it, learned lots of new interesting information, met lots of professionals who I thought I'd never meet and had a great time with other interns while doing it