Undergraduate Intern Review

by JLR

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Rating

3.6/5
  • The Role
    3.7
  • The Company
    3.5
  • The Culture
    3.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • A very interesting and enjoyable placement throughout.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Colleagues in my team were incredibly friendly and helpful throughout my time.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Whenever I needed help, either my manager or others in the team were incredible willing to help and give advice.

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • This balance was difficult often not quite right. Often either had too much on or too little but this was in some part to do with the nature of my projects.

    2/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I was given real projects rather than just useless work.

    5/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • An incredibly useful placement giving me an insight in to whether I want to continue on with the subject I've been studying at uni.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Sometime quiet, but everyone was lovely and very friendly.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • A lot of projects had been arranged for me before arriving and my manager was great at organising visits to different teams for me which was great.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Wasn't really long enough working there to do much training but the company is very very good at providing training for a huge range of things

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • 3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • All the graduates that I have spoken to love the grad scheme so make it very appealing

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • All the summer placement students are great and we have lunch together most days which is nice.

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Living in Coventry, it is pretty cheap and we share travel costs by splitting petrol and sharing cars.

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • There's not much choice but there are some fun places about! Most grads live in Lemington Spa which has some fun places too

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • -

    2/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering, Science, Automotive Engineering

West Midlands

July 2014

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