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Data Science Intern Review
at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Internship (1 Month+)
Data Analysis
Stratford, Greater London
Review Submitted: August 2026
Overall Rating
3.8 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
3.5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Meeting with colleagues, analysing data using python and SQL, working with other interns on intern based projecte
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
chaired the weekly meeting, scoped out a new functionality on the social media web scraping tool
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Learnt how to apply my technical skills learnt at university to messy data
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
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?
Every colleague i interacted with was very supportive and put me in contact with any other colleagues they thought would help me with my progression
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?
All the colleagues were very sociable and keen to learn more about our backgrounds as interns
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
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?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
my team were very welcoming and i enjoyed applying my skills to real world problems and getting experience in a corporate environment
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
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)
Try and network with as many people as possible to try and learn as much as you can about the organisation
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
4/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Waiting to hear
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Data, Digital and Technology Intern
at Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Internship (1 Month+)
- Stratford, Greater London
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