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Economics Intern Review
at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Internship (1 Month+)
Economics
London
Review Submitted: October 2025
Overall Rating
4.6 /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
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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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.
Conducting economic research and policy analysis projects for consumer and cross-cutting policy teams
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, had the responsibility of commenting on research projects and conducting base data analysis
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?
Developed coding, econometric, and research communication skills
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?
Lots! Very supportive line manager with regular one on one meetings, and a number of early careers advisors who were highly supporting
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?
Great culture, very supportive and keen to help ensure development as well as ensuring work life balance
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?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Really great placement, great people
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Get to know the FCA's mission - they are a very purpose driven organisation and it's really good to be able to explain why their work protecting consumers and growing the financial industry is important
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
5/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Yes
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