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I thoroughly enjoyed my year placement at IBM. My team were incredible to work with and I improved my all-round skill set. I will be sad to leave at the end of the year and hope to come back as a graduate after completing my final year at university.
Overall, it was enjoyable. I've learned many new skills and got to experience working in a professional setting with a huge variety of people. There was a major problem though lasting several months when we had no manager, which is challenging for anyone ...
I really enjoyed the learning aspect of this role. The steep learning curve and pressure to perform really drove me to push my capabilities and achieve more than I thought I could. This kind of environment worked very well for me, but might not for everyo...
There were many parts of the placement I really enjoyed, for example I helped organize and run an event in Sitges (Spain). This gave me a great opportunity to meet all of the European people I had been working with and experience all the elements of runni...
I have learnt a lot and have become much more mature during my placement year. Getting experience in a real life business is invaluable and has definitely set me up nicely to do well in my final year at university. With IBM, there is a big intern communit...
My experience was enjoyable, I learnt a huge amount throughout my year. However, there were periods where I lacked enough work to complete.
I really enjoyed how flexible the workplace is, especially within the team where I can work from multiple different locations and still be effective as most work is done on the laptops provided. For me personally, I had the opportunity to travel for my ro...
Good placement with a variety of working options to build skills. Task managers are keen to get interns involved at all stages, however I do know of some interns who are very quiet.
I enjoyed my placement simply due to the fact that I had so much freedom - I was able to dip my toe in all aspects of the business (sales, tech, operations and finance). I had a lot of opportunities which many interns don't get at other / different compan...
Working for a company such as IBM is quite an eye-opening experience. While it depends on the role you get assigned, in my case I was given loads of responsibility and was seen as one more person in the team – not as a student. This made the placement mor...
I believe the IBM placement was an invaluable experience where I learned a lot about the commercial world, as well as my role in particular. My role as a technical specialist majoritively involves website design as well as keeping certain tools and team a...
I enjoyed the placement more than I thought I would because of the numerous additional opportunities in place for interns in IBM. These opportunities include: - Online learning courses in an area of your interest. You can receive recognised badges for t...
Working for IBM has been fun. I have learnt a lot and have taken advantage of the resources available to really improve myself. The main thing that I enjoyed was successfully setting up meetings for sellers which would not have been possible without the...
I really enjoyed my placement year at IBM including the professional aspects and the social vibe! The placement was challenging at times but it's equipped me with a whole new set of skills. Also my colleagues were really friendly and approachable which ma...
The work opportunities at IBM are very good. They give you lots of chances to be able to find something you're interested in meaning that you're able to make the most of the time that you have there. My day to day role wasn't something that exactly suited...
My work involved a lot of reporting, so a lot of time on Excel. However I was also trusted to be involved with conference calls with management and had the opportunity to get involved in further projects.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my placement here at IBM. I have been trusted with a good amount of responsibility but also have not been given too much to the point where I cannot cope.
I really enjoyed my placement at IBM. The variety of the work paired with the amount of responsibility given to me made it a rewarding and enriching year. IBM support you in whichever direction you want to take a role, so in effect you create your own job...
Working at IBM has endless opportunities. You can get involved with a large range of projects and give back events on top of your day to day job. My actual job on placement took me at least 6 months to feel fully comfortable, it is hard to adapt to not wo...
I very much enjoyed this unbeatable experience at IBM. My job wasn't extremely difficult which made the overall experience less intimidating. I was involved within lots of teams in the foundation community which also gave me a variety of experience and he...
