Wealth and Personal Banking Intern Review
at HSBC
Internship (1 Month+)
Retail Banking
Birmingham
Review Submitted: August 2022
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
4.3/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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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.
This really depends on the division you are put in. I was in the customer experience team and worked on providing suggestions on how we could make the overdraft public website more user friendly. The placement work is not suppose to take up all your time and there are other projects you get involved in as an intern.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given so much responsibility. For my placement I was in charge of the entire public overdraft website and it was up to me to find ways to improve the customer experience and present it to senior managers. Also you have other intern projects like the GROW challenge where you have £10 to make as much money as possible which I chose to be project manager for we have made more than £1500.
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?
I have learnt so many new skills like presentation, communication, teamwork, leadership etc. You will learn so much throughout the internship but like most things it depends on how much effort you actually put in.
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?
3/5
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?
There is so much support and guidance throughout the internship. You are given a GradCoach who is someone on the Grad scheme who is your mate and you can have an informal chat with. You have an OPM who is essentially a more formal version of your GradCoach and then you have your placement manager who you can reach out to. There is so much support and guidance in this internship.
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, very relaxed everyone is so friendly and approachable. The culture in this bank is by far the best out of any of the big banks, it feels like a bunch of mates working together. 10/10
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?
5/5
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?
I really enjoyed my internship, I did such meaningful and interesting work, I made so many good friends with other interns it is such an amazing experience. I cannot recommend it enough 10/10
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at HSBC
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend HSBC to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to HSBC
Everything revolves around the four core values so have them in the back of your mind when answering the online test/assessment centres. Have an example for how you have demonstrated each one.
