Strategy Analyst Review
at Capital One
Internship (1 Month+)
Retail Banking
London
Review Submitted: September 2021
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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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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.
Daily tasks involved running code to pull data and then putting this data into Excel. Then analysing the data using pivot tables, basic functions and creating graphs to put into presentations.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Was handed a project that was deemed to be 'important but not urgent'. I.e., it was incredibly relevant to the business but they hadn't found time to deal with it. Was given full autonomy over the project and allowed to make my own decisions with my manager acting as guidance rather than having the final say. I was given a lot of responsibility from day 1.
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?
Hard skills - Excel, PowerPoint, SQL
Soft skills - Presenting, Communication, Time Management
Soft skills - Presenting, Communication, Time Management
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?
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Daily meetings with manager allowed me to receive support and guidance quickly and effectively. Also received welcoming support from others within the firm who were very eager to help when I reached out to them and offered support very quickly and were happy to take time out of their day to help.
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?
Incredibly welcoming. The culture was very focused on helping each other out. It didn't feel competitive at all and this enabled people to feel like they could and should be helping each other and everyone was very reciprocative in that respect. Everyone was also very understanding of people's unique situations and always very accommodating with such situations.
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?
Despite being WFH due to the pandemic, I thoroughly enjoyed the internship. They made a huge effort for the work to be engaging and diverse. I felt I met (virtually) a large number and variety of people within the company who enhanced my experience. My manager and the rest of my support team were incredibly friendly and keen to help me develop as a professional regardless of if I chose to come back.
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 Capital One
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One
Be yourself. They truly aren't looking for students with expertise or experience since it is so difficult to acquire. Rather they are looking for smart individuals who are keen to learn and they feel can make a valuable contribution with their new ideas and way of thinking.
