Business Operations Review

by Microsoft

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Rating

3.7/5
  • The Role
    3.6
  • The Company
    4.0
  • The Culture
    3.4

    The Role

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

    • It was a good placement with lots of stretch projects but I did feel with so many placement students it was hard to stand out. Also the ratio of placement to graduate roles is low meaning there is less chance of getting a graduate role

    3/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • The team were great and have a real respect for the placement students. They were keen to give us responsibility and supported us.

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

    • They were good at giving us support and there were training sessions to help with development. Overall really good management

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

    • Really busy! There was always something to be working on and there was always different stretch projects and extra things to get involved in

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

    • A lot of responsibility from early on however there was always someone supervising projects

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • It was helpful it taught me a lot of administration and office skills and I learnt a lot of business skills. I'd never dealt with such high volume of data analysis before for such a high profile company so it was really interesting

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Friendly I was based in reading which is a big office with lots of other placement students there's 5 buildings with great facilities and the team were great with lots of social activities

    3/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Really good from recruitment to leaving there was a lot of communication about the different opportunities. Great structure and well organized

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

    • There was more than enough with the day to day job. It was a great opportunity to learn new skills with people who knew a lot and had a lot of experience

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

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

    National Travel

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Really appealing but the graduate programme is so much lower intake than the placement so its really competitive

    5/5

    The Culture

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

    • Yes reading was a great place to be based as there was a lot of different placement students and a lot of us shared houses so it was a lot like uni!

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

    • Fairly cheap if you shared housing but going out was expensive compared to student union

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Quite good but there wasn't many student nights and the clubs were fairly dated

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • There was a football team and other sports activities and lots of clubs on campus

    3/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Operations, Data Science

South East

June 2015

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