Technology Innovation Intern Review
by Cancer Research UK
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.8
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The Company
4.3
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The Culture
4.6
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
It was very enjoyable great atmosphere and people and had space to develop as I wanted.
The organisation is full of lovely and supportive people I was treated as an equal but given support when I needed.
I was assigned a mentor in my team who I felt very comfortable chatting to, my manger also sat a few desks away so I could pop over and ask him anything if I needed. He managed in quite a hands off line, way which I was comfortable with however, he offered to create more structure if I had needed/ preferred that.
After the first week things started to speed up, I will say that a lot of the work I had filled up my time with came to me because I actively went out into the organisation to look for it and find projects I wanted to work on. This was fine for me because I wanted to have more autonomy on the type of work I would be doing and the team set up introductions for lots of the other teams which gave us contacts and insight on the type of work being done.
I think I was given a fair amount of responsibility I could have handled more however, I didn't feel massively undervalued.
I joined as a graduate so I wanted to gain experience, develop an understanding of lots of other roles and have more concrete tangible examples of using my skills in a work setting. I have certainly done that.
The Company
Fun never stopped, great people, great atmosphere, laughed a lot in team meetings
Really well organised had a mentor in the team day one as a point of support and the whole team helped organising intros to the other teams. I joined with one other intern on my team and we were both told day 1 we had a project assigned to us.
There was training sporadically throughout the internship in terms of self development and project management skill. I will say that as a slightly more experienced candidate than many of the other interns a lot of this training wasn't hugely relevent.
Flexi Time
Sports and Social Club
Working from home
Travel loan
I currently have an interview for a place within my team next week so fingers crossed.
The Culture
People are quite inclusive, I've been here 2 months and I've been to art exhibitions, pub lots, a dogs expo, planning to go to the guilty feminist soon.
you have to be smart, buy your food bring your lunch however, a lot of my colleagues did this as well.
Angel is a nice spot, plenty to do/ places to go.
People are quite inclusive, I've been here 2 months and I've been to art exhibitions, pub lots, a dogs expo, planning to go to the guilty feminist soon.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
November 2018
