Intern Review

I generally enjoyed my internship. The work was interesting and I got some responsibility only on. The internship was well-structured. I liked that, included in the internship, ther was an allocation of time for a Corporate Social Responsibility project which allowed us to learn soft skills and make an impact in the community.

I felt very valued by my colleagues. Upon completion of a piece of work, colleagues consisently showed their thanks and gave me helpful feedback. The team also ensured we were welcome at social events after work and arranged events specifically to get to know us.

I was given initially quite a lot of support. If we had problems, it was easy to ask questions in person or via email. I did not feel intimidated about the prospect of this.

At the start of the internship, it would be fair to say it was sometimes difficult to have enough work, although there were training courses to occupy us. Over teh course of the internship, however, as colleagues learned to trust us, this disappeared.

I was given quite a lot of responsibility I thought. Our work would be checked if we felt uncomfortable about it or it was a new kind of task. However, after we had done tasks a few times, we were largely left to do them independently.

The skills I learned probably will not help me much in my degree because of the slightly archaic nature of my case and its non-vocational subject matter. However, the technical skills that I acquired including using excel and various coding programs I think will be very helpful in the future.

The atmosphere of the office was normally focused but welcoming. People would do tea rounds and there were social areas that meant that we felt comfortable and welcomed. It was not oppressive.

The work placement was pretty well set-up. Across the ten weeks there were a number of training projects and social events organised by HR and a CSR project and, otherwise, we were left to do our own work. This meant we rarely lacked daily objectives.

The company invested quite a lot in us, namely in ensuring we had buddies who looked after our welfare. The team around us was helpful in answering any questions we had. There were also 'lunch and learns', organised, that gave us an insight into other parts of the firm.

Pretty appealing. The firm has interesting employees and the work is interesting.

Yes. There were loads of social events, organised in advance, and also a number of spontaneous evening drinks with the team.

It was fine for me because I live in London anyway so I was fortunate not to have to pay for accomodation or large travel expenses.

It was fun and busy because it was central London.

There were many social activities like darts and the summer party, as well as drinks after work.