Technology Analyst Review

Item: Technology Analyst at Barclays
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Barclays

Internship (1 Month+)

Northampton

Review Submitted: October 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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

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.

Daily tasks included sending out emails, joining meetings (daily and weekly), and working on smaller projects.
An individual project did include working with statistics from the previous data of the department to see which areas were having the most failed changes and possible solutions.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was depended one to send out a lot of daily and weekly information, along with working on real-life problems.

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?

During this time, I was able to build my leadership skills by holding some of my own meetings and presenting my findings from my projects. I also was able to learn more about the banking industry through meetings and 1 on 1's

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?

They were very supportive and helped me to easily integrate into teams. My line manager provided me with a lot of people that I was able to schedule meetings and learn more about what they do and the banking industry. I also was giving daily stand-up calls which were friendly casual chats, these were very welcoming and made it easy to ask for help too.

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?

Amazing, I had a great experience and lots of support in my role. I really enjoyed the work I did and the mindset of the workers there, they were motivative but also helped to push me to reach my full potential