Change and Technology Intern Review

by abrdn

Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Working collaboratively with a number of teams to analyse and improve ways of working within ITS. Day to day, this involves spending time analysing large datasets in Excel and ServiceNow as well as attending and setting up meetings.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Develop existing skills: Defining, measuring and analysing complex problems within IT systems New Skills: Learning how to organise projects with various teams within a work from home enviroment.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Lots of personal responsibility to manage both time and projects


  • 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?
  • Plenty of support from management


  • 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?
  • Very inclusive. Everyone is open and willing to answering questions and takes a keen interest in development


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

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

  • 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?
  • Very enjoyable experience


  • 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 abrdn
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend abrdn to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn
  • The interview process is extremely challenging so be prepared to be challenged, although the end result is worth it.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Information Technology

Scotland

August 2021


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