Insight Program Intern Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.1/5
  • About You
    5.0
  • The Company
    4.4
  • Everything Else
    3.3

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the virtual experience?
  • Ver interesting with in deapth talks from all department with many opportunities to ask questions.

    5/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
  • I felt valued by the company as despite COVID and a lot of placements/insight programmes being cancelled ,Savills decided to rearrange original to be based in office but due to the pandemic had to be virtual experience. This was something Savills wanted to avoid to the extent possible so did all they could before deciding on making it Virtual so yeah felt very valued.

    5/5

  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the virtual experience?
  • Plenty of support was provided as there was regular opportunities to ask questions to all departments and option to ask further questions in the future via email if needed.

    5/5

  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • The information gathered helped me better decide how I want to shape my career and which roles I would like to be a part of in the future.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the virtual experience?
  • Structured very well with schedule provided in advance and opportunity to speak with all departments.

    5/5

  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your virtual experience?
  • Very pleasant with experienced staff happy to open up about their path from university to the role they were in and general advice as well. Also, everyone else on the placement/program where nice.

    5/5

  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • This is something that was discussed for summer and graduate placements but as this was insight program no training took place.

    4/5

  • 8. To what extent did the virtual experience help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?
  • The talks from each department were in deapth and gave examples of projects that had been or in the process of getting complete and allowed plenty of time for questions.

    5/5

  • 9. How much did the virtual experience help you in understanding the company culture?
  • There was some reference to this but more focused oncore skills needed for each department than the culture of Savills as a whole.

    3/5

  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
  • A very interesting insight was provided into all the departments and it did give a strong indication of which career path I wish to take.

    5/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
  • Virtual experience so no expense occurred.


  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
  • This was very much restricted do to online nature otherwise everyone would be talking over each other if networking online.

    2/5

  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
  • This was very much restricted do to online nature otherwise everyone would be talking over each other if networking online.

    2/5

  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
  • Employees from each department very clearly explained their roles and gave examples of projects that are being worked on.

    5/5

  • 15. Would you recommend this virtual experience to a friend?
  • Very insightful so well worth attending if your wishing to persue a career in the property industry.

    5/5

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

London

November 2020


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