Ecosystem Sales & Bus Dev Intern Review

by IBM

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Engaging with account teams; setting up meetings; running email campaigns; marketing engagements.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes! IBM's Your Learning Platform (as well as free subscription to Udemy) gives you acess to top class education to upskill yourself, e.g. I learnt about novel technologies & data privacy laws & AI ethics. In my day-to-day role I learnt about how business runs, and challenges faced. I had exposure to client and partner meetings.


  • 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?
  • Yes, I was trusted with handling partner & client relations via email and virtual & real life meetings.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, every intern in IBM's Foundation department is given an HR Manager to oversee your progress and development - this is on top of our task manager who sits in our department. Moreover, everyone is super friendly, and I have developed some amazing mentors along the way.


  • 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?
  • Very friendly, engaging and supportive. Everyone wants you to succeed and will help you - whether that be explaining a work concept or more hollistic wider career 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?
  • To the most extent. Cheesy, but this year has given me fantastic opportunities, and changed my career outlook for the better.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
  • Be yourself, show intellectual curiosity and welcome and opportunities. Being proactive is the best way to show your passion and that you want to work here.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Sales, Business Operations, Data Science, Marketing

London

July 2022


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