Intern Review

by BMW Group

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Rating

3.7/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    3.2
  • The Culture
    3.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • I did and do enjoy my internship, as Rolls Royce provides a nice and friendly atmosphere to work in. Additionally, it is nice to work with a vehicle like Rolls Royce everyday and contribute to the end product in a certain way. Other than that, the plant in general spreads out a nice atmosphere and a good work feeling.

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Of course, it is diffcult to generalize every colleague. There are some colleagues, who you feel like friends with, but there are also colleagues, who think they know everything better than "the little intern". I have had a good harmony with my direct colleagues and managers though, where I cannot complain about anything.

    4/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • The support of my managers and colleagues was good at any time. I have been able to ask them any questions I had at any time. At the same time, they let you work on your own and let you make your own experiences, being happy to help you with anything you need at anytime.

    5/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • My daily work always depends of the current projects/work I have going on at a specific week during the internship. In the beginning, I sometimes felt quite bored, so I had to get some work by myself. There were also times afterwards, I felt really busy, so in general I cannot complain about this point.

    4/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • I was given lots of responsibilities within my own projects. As already mentioned, the managers gave me a project and let me work with it, as far as I could/wanted. Even though, they were always happy to answer any questions I had and help me with anything I needed during that time.

    5/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • As it was my first "longer" internship in a company and as it was my first internship in a company with more than 1000 employees, I can definitely take some experiences for my future life. I would say, I have developed more skills for life than for my degree particularly.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • The atmosphere can be described as quite good within my department. There is often time for a joke, which makes work life so much more interesting. Within my whole office, which we share with many other departments, noise would probably an attribute to mention. Anyhow, I cannot describe the atmosphere as negative at all.

    5/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • In the beginning, the internship set up seemed very unorganized. The contract just arrived a few days before the start of my internship and the email, which you are supposed to get 2 weks prior to your start date, has just arrived one evening before I started, even though you should complete the health and safety date before you start to work.

    3/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • 3/5

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

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

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • There was a good social scene amongst the group of interns working for Rolls Royce. Even though, the interns were more or less split into 2 groups (english and international), there were enough interns in the international group in order to always have someone being able to do something with.

    5/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • The cost of living are not very pleasing for a student, especially rent is extremely expensive. Anyhow, not only rent, but also food, drinks, going out, anything is pretty expensive. Socialising is easy within the interns group and easy within young people who work for Rolls Royce or who at least have worked for Rolls Royce.

    3/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • The Nightlife is improvable. Chichester cannot provide any proper clubs rather than one "Pub & Accomodation", which is used as a club during the weekend. Anyhow, cities like Brighton or London are not far away, so whenever a party is needed or required, there are opportunities to enjoy a good night out not too far away from Chichester.

    3/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • There are many opportunities to get involved in, as soon as you create these opportunities by yourself. The intern group has organized lots of trips to other parts of the UK by itself. We went to pretty much all parts of the UK and enjoyed lots of fun things together.

    4/5

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Automotive Engineering

South East

July 2018


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