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Daily catch ups with the team about current work. The internship is split into two - Placement project (carried out with a real internal team) and business project (carried out alongside the interns). Normally spend about half a day on each. In addition, throughout the day there tend to be calls where you have the chance to learn from senior members of staff (ai, fincrime, etc).

You will learn a huge number of skills, if not then develop on existing ones. Both technical and non-technical. To give an example: Technical: - Coding - Git - Testing - General software engineering cycle Non-technical: - Public speaking - Networking - Teamwork (V. important)

A lot of responsibility. My placement work was stuff which the team had wanted to implement for a very long time but nobody had the spare time to work on it. My work is part of a system which 97% of the companies costs flow through, and is largely responsible for the regulatory reports being sent to the FCA to ensure compliance.

An astonishing amount. We had the early talent team who checked in most weeks to make sure everything was going well. Every intern gets their own line manager who makes sure your work is going well. You also get a buddy who will check in often and that you can go to for anything you don't want to tell your manager. I also had a mentor, relevant to my work who I got to speak to most weeks.

Great. Everyone is encouraging and wants you to do well. You are encouraged to move around and explore business areas rather than staying with what you are assigned from the start. You are also encouraged to reach out to anyone who works in an area which interests you.

It was a fantastic experience. I gained so much knowledge of working in a large organisation, how corporate life works and in general about banking/finance in software engineering. Would strongly recommend to anyone else.

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Go for it! Be yourself and show them what you can bring to them, as well as what they can do for you - Make sure it's a two way street.