Strategy Analyst Review
at Capital One
Internship (1 Month+)
Finance, Banking
London
Review Submitted: September 2022
Overall Rating
2.6 /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!
1/5
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Overview of Role
2.8/5
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Skills Development
2.5/5
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Support and Guidance
2.8/5
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Company Culture
1.5/5
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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.
Worked on Project. This involved doing SQL all day long (data pulling is the job basically)
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Some level of responsibility in leading project. Not much responsibility if these recommendations are not considered
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
1/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
SQL
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
1/5
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?
3/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Very little. This was a very disappointing aspect. Almost no training at all for SQL and the training that was provided was very inadequate. Expectation to just know SQL even though it wasn't a requirement for the role
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
1/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Company culture was ok. The firm makes a big deal about having an amazing culture, but this mainly refers to the work hours. I have seen more positive and collaborative culture elsewhere in company's which are considered to have worse culture.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
2/5
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?
Didn't really enjoy it overall. I was largely disappointed with the nature of the internship. I thought it would involve more strategy and much much less SQL. Spent almost all day doing data. The role would be more tailored to data analysts and less to finance or strategy seeking grads.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
1/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Capital One
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One
Consider whether you want to spend all day doing SQL and data. This is not really a 'strategy role' it is a data role. If that's what you want then you will enjoy it. If it's not then I don't recommend it
