Product Developer Review

by PepsiCo

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • 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.
  • Developing new flavours and products, involving market research of current trends, shelf life testing, trialing new packaging and competitive intelligence.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Learn how to carry out different shelf life tests, how market research is conducted, how to analyse competitor products and how to use many different computer applications.


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

  • 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?
  • Lots of responsibility, overseeing important projects and tasks that another employee would otherwise have to carry out (i.e. not just assisting someone or 'shadowing' people).


  • 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?
  • Lots of support, everyone is really friendly and helpful!


  • 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?
  • Really good, a great company to work for and lots of benefits. I felt really well looked after and we even got free ice cream during the heat wave!


  • 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?
  • Could not enjoy it any more! Really great placement with lots of opportunities to develop my learning in a real food manufacturing environment.


  • 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 PepsiCo
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PepsiCo
  • Be yourself! Just be who you are, chat to people, be friendly and let them know your interests - this shows who you are as a person!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Science

East Midlands

August 2021


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