Associate - Authorisations Review

Item: Associate - Authorisations at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Rating: 4.3
Author: Anonymous

at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

Stratford

Review Submitted: August 2022

Overall Rating

4.3 /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 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Work varied a lot depending on what I was working on, generally consisted of lots of data work in excel/tableau. Frequent meetings with other members of staff and delivering presentations were also somewhat common.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given total freedom with respect to my own projects and was responsible for their success and delivery. The work I was doing generally felt meaningful and significant throughout

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?

Learnt: Tableau data presentation, other internal tools + knowledge of financial markets via learning modules
Developed: Excel skills, presentation skills

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?

3/5

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?

Frequent chats with line manager and other members of staff if I ever needed advice or guidance. Easy access to any information I might need and guidance about how to interpret it was readily available

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?

Very relaxed atmosphere, people were very willing to have a quick chat if you wanted to learn anything. As long as I met my deliverables there were no constraints on my activities

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

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?

Very much enjoyed it and would recommend to others, the work was very interesting and the culture felt incredibly supportive.

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

4/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

4/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

3/5

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)

Read over all the FCA core values and try to display them during interviews. Stay up to date on a couple of their recent initiatives. There is no need to do any prep before day 1

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