T&I Intern Review

by Virgin Media O2

Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • - IT Support - App development - Voice Assistant development - Volunteering opportunities

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have learnt a lot of new skills and developed existing soft skills such that: - Presentation skills - Time management - Stakeholder management - Collaboration - Programming - Research & application

  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes, although doing an internship during the pandemic the company provided us with good exposure to the business by hosting several virtual events. I was given org level admin responsibilities to a communication platform assisting with any problems users had on daily basis.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Alot, the internship provides you of all the following: -Line Manager, Team, Mentor, Buddy - Accessibility of support from careers -Guidance with problems

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Virgin Media's values of Insatiable Curiosity, Delightfully Surprising, Heartfelt Service, Smart Disruption, Straight Up, and Red Hot Relevance where very dominant during my internship. There are a wide range of social events and voluntary initiatives available.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 3/5
  • 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 enjoyed a lot and would do it again I have definitely worked a lot on my personal development and the skills I have gained are transferable and was given the opportunity to network a lot.

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Virgin Media O2

    • 4/5
  • 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, do your research there a wide range of roles. If the role seems our of your comfort zone but some thing you are interested in apply as Virgin Media provides the training and support and a lot of the employees have been in the same position where are in roles completely different to their background.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Information Technology

London

April 2021

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