Off-cycle intern Review

Item: Off-cycle intern at HSBC
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at HSBC

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

Review Submitted: May 2022

Overall Rating

4.5 /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 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Analyzing capital markets information and ESG topics to provide clients with up to date ideas and strategies for them to execute for stronger market positioning

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given responsibility to be proactive and speak up in team meetings with ideas I thought could help the team, I was unfortunately not able to be involved in client calls

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?

Power point slide development skills have been enhanced considerably; presenting skills and having the right mind set and confidence in presenting; attention to detail and the importance of it

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?

I was assigned both a buddy and a mentor on my internship as well as the usual line manager and team guidance and support with HR also available easily on the internal messaging service. I feel the support and guidance I received was exceptional with seniors always open to answering questions and connecting me to other areas of the bank

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?

The culture was very open and collaborative and conducive to a good working atmosphere whilst also being high performance and expectation of deliverables

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?

4/5

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 thoroughly enjoyed the internship and feel I learnt a great deal about investment banking and also noticed very good personal development in myself from the internship. The team I worked with were also a pleasure to work with