Strategy Analyst Review

Item: Strategy Analyst at Capital One
Rating: 3.1
Author: Anonymous

at Capital One

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

Review Submitted: September 2021

Overall Rating

3.1 /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

3/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3/5 - Company Culture

3.5/5 - Overall Experience

1/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Developing a concept and using data to identify what route the company should take.
Liaise with managers on progress and reach out to others in the company to gather the required information

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

My managers were very heavy handed so I had limited space to develop responsibility, however the project I worked on was important to the company

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 SQL and learnt a lot on analysing data

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?

3/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

2/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

2/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I had a buddy, mentor and manager to reach out to during my internship as well as HR. So plenty of guidance was available, almost too much

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

2/5

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 company is very modern, which is great. But if you have anything which doesn’t make you fully fit in, then you can be made to feel excluded.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

1/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

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?

I had fun and got to try something new. The training courses were great, But. I also felt like because I wasn’t able to do some things due to work from home situation, I was excluded and harshly judged.