Innovation & Transformation Assistant Review

by Toyota GB

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Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • 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.
  • Using our customer survey programs to understand changing customer needs. Working with innovation teams to create new products and services that meet these insights, and facilitating testing of these services before roll-out across the Toyota & Lexus networks.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Skills - Inter-Personal & Communication Skills, Problem-Solving, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Project Management, Planning, MS Program Efficiency. Values - Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, Curiosity, Creativity, Coaching


  • 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?
  • The placement is your oyster. Once you get to grips with your environment, you're given autonomy of projects and decisions that really do make an impact. The culture at Toyota encourages you to get stuck in and create a legacy for yourself.


  • 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?
  • Toyota run plenty of help & well-being courses to support you through your time here that you can sign up to (it can be quite daunting if it's your first corporate experience!). But with constant support from team-members and managers, many of which were once Toyota placement students too, they help bring the best out of yourself.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • No matter whether you're speaking to your direct team member, or someone you've never worked with before, everyone at Toyota GB are super-inclusive. Other values that are encouraged across all areas of Toyota include; Curiosity, Collaboration, Creativity, Courage and Coaching.


  • 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?
  • My placement year has taught me so many things I wouldn't have even thought of before starting here at Toyota GB. One of the biggest things for me was to develop my interpersonal skills (alongside business critical skills of course), and I'm glad that I've been given training and opportunities to evolve these. I'm excited to take everything I've learnt back to university for final year of teaching.


  • 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 Toyota GB
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Toyota GB to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Toyota GB
  • Take the time to prepare for your interview. Recruiters love to see you're interested in the company and what they represent. Recruiters also love to see authenticity, so just be yourself!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Management, Data Science

South East

June 2022


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