Data and Transmission Design Engineer Intern Review

by Virgin Media O2

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Provide designs for Transmission, Fibre and IP requirements. Produce Bill of Materials/Kit Lists to ensure that the correct equipment is purchased. Create high level design and costs for Virgin Media Business and internal customers (Compact Design Plan).


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learnt how to use Microsoft Visio and had a better understanding in Excel. Project and Time management, how to work efficiently as a team and the importance of work life balance


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, I was treated like any other full time design engineers in my team which was a perfect opportunity to learn lots and a taster of what its like working as a design engineer.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I have received a lot of support and guidance, my manager has daily catch up calls with me and check in and make sure I have enough to do but not too much, I enjoy having just daily chats with my manager even if it's not work related. I have bimonthly catch ups with my mentor as well and she makes sure I can contact her whenever I come across any problems


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • I love how I can be myself and everyone I have come across or worked with are friendly and always happy to help out. Even though I have done majority of my placement working from home, I have made friends and enjoyed my time in the company


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I have really enjoyed my placement as it has given me a lot of opportunities on exploring different teams as well as assisting in volunteering projects which I am passionate about.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Virgin Media O2
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Virgin Media O2 to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Virgin Media O2
  • Be yourself, and I know how nervous it is applying for jobs, one tip I got from my manager which i loved a lot is saying something wrong is better than saying nothing in an interview


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Systems Engineering

South West

April 2021


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