HR Intern Review
at G-Research
Placement (10 Months+)
Human Resources
London
Review Submitted: May 2022
Overall Rating
4.1 /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
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.3/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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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.
- General administrative work involving booking and scheduling training, interviews, contracts, etc.
- Project based work
- Sourcing candidates on LinkedIn Recruiter
- Managing HR inboxes, JIRA tickets and performance management system
- Project based work
- Sourcing candidates on LinkedIn Recruiter
- Managing HR inboxes, JIRA tickets and performance management system
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- In charge of managing changes in the performance management system
- In charge of monitoring, booking and organising training sessions
- Given 2 significant projects during my time in Core HR
- In charge of pulling together projects on LinkedIn Recruiter (sourcing candidates from across the globe)
- In charge of monitoring, booking and organising training sessions
- Given 2 significant projects during my time in Core HR
- In charge of pulling together projects on LinkedIn Recruiter (sourcing candidates from across the globe)
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?
- Interpersonal skills (verbal & written interactions with everyone across the organisation)
- Excel skills (used a lot for t4acking data and project work)
- Resilience (joining virtually was very new and getting through lockdowns whilst working full time from home was tough)
- *new skill* Received Workday training (popular HR system)
- Excel skills (used a lot for t4acking data and project work)
- Resilience (joining virtually was very new and getting through lockdowns whilst working full time from home was tough)
- *new skill* Received Workday training (popular HR system)
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 1 to 1 meetings with direct manager in each team I rotated between (super supportive and informative catch ups)
- Weekly team meetings to stay up-to-date with general team updates and specific projects
- Weekly team meetings to stay up-to-date with general team updates and specific projects
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?
- Management were super friendly, supportive and easy to reach out to for guidance
- Wider HR team were fun and the team catch ups were informative but entertaining
- Difficult to get a feel for the full company culture as COVID-19 meant that the majority of the placement was WFH
- Dedicated and hardworking staff across the board, super motivating seeing progress made by the whole company in quarterly all-hands catch ups
- Wider HR team were fun and the team catch ups were informative but entertaining
- Difficult to get a feel for the full company culture as COVID-19 meant that the majority of the placement was WFH
- Dedicated and hardworking staff across the board, super motivating seeing progress made by the whole company in quarterly all-hands catch ups
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
2/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Best decision I made! It taught me a lot about what to expect from HR and the workplace. Although it was tough at times, I think it helped me come out of my shell. I was initially worried about having high levels of responsibility (warned about this in the interview), I'm glad that that was the case as I feel as though it's a big part of why I'm more confident now.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at G-Research
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend G-Research to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to G-Research
Make sure to do your research on the company & read up on crypto, big data, AI, machine learning, python, etc. These are all things that you'll need a basic level of understanding in, particularly if you join a team like recruitment that interacts with quant researchers regularly (also helps so you're not completely clueless during all-hands catch ups).
It's quite a fast-pace environment so make sure to take breathers when you can!
It's quite a fast-pace environment so make sure to take breathers when you can!
