Wealth and Personal Banking Degree Apprentice Review

Day to Day I work in change within the bank, this involves planning for projects, meetings with stakeholders and third parties. As well as this, I undertake procedural changes for the frontline agents within the bank. My hours are flexible and i have the ability to manage my own diary,

Yes, I have experienced new areas of the bank which has allowed me to increase my knowledge within different sectors. Along with this the degree has given me new skills such as report/essay writing, organisational skills, presentational skills and communications. There are numerous workshops we can attend to increase our skills too such as excel.

I do enjoy the program, every day is different and not at all repetitive, as well as this we have a new placement every year, therefore we get to experience new roles and responsibilities often. We have lots of support within work and also within our studying with uni and Kaplan.

Very well, we have a timetable for 4 years, therefore we know exactly when our lectures are for the whole 4 years and when our assignments will be due. This has allowed us to plan in advance and around our studying. We are also aware of when we will move placements and what placement it will be in advance.

Good support, we have a team dedicated to the apprentices within the bank, as well as this we have a personal program specialist which we can meet with every month to talk about our progress or anything we may need help with. There are frequent calls with the management team and apprentices.

Good support, we have monthly check ins with the Kaplan, the ensures we are on track and up to date, also if we need any support we are able to get it here. With uni studying we have our lectures and then above this we have 'office hours' which is time we can go and ask the lecturer anything.

It's allowed me to build on my knowledge, we have spoke about areas such as risk, products and services, which does help my understanding in day to day roles. Also the workshops the training providers provide are things such as organisational workshops and this has also helped in my day to day role.

We there are numerous events, within the apprenticeship we have had a event in which we met everyone and completed pizza making. Within the bank there are numerous working groups which you can be involved in depending on interests. An example would be wellbeing working group. There are no sports teams.

Yes

There are very good benefits, you can buy an extra weeks holiday and opt into HSBC share plan. It is a global employer and that means there are numerous opportunities and so many different roles out there. It is a great place to learn about finance, banking and customer service.

Prep before the interview, always use the STARR method when answering interview questions. SITUATION TASK ACTION RESUT REFLECTION. Stay calm and try to speak to people who already work in the company if possible (this could be on linkedin. Ensure that if applying for an apprenticeship you have the time to put in to the learning.