Digital Appliance Placement Review

by Samsung Electronics

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Supporting European Office in research and data analysis for reporting, forecasting and meeting preparation in the DA category, with a specific focus on refrigeration. Carrying out research into competitors products, pricing and the external environment to report findings and progress to HQ.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Excel skills, teamwork, remote working, communication online and face to face, time management, corporate/office etiquette, concise summaries of insights, professional PowerPoint skills.


  • 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?
  • 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
  • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • More as the placement went on with numbers prepared for PowerPoints not being checked before being used. Some smaller projects to take on by myself in order to reduce workload for manager, allowing them to focus on bigger/higher profile projects.


  • 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?
  • When offered it was very helpful and considerate, but could have been offered more frequently. Support always there when asked for it.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Dynamic, fast paced, corporate, top-down management and requests.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Really enjoyed and learnt a lot in a very short amount of time. Incredibly immersive.


  • 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 Samsung Electronics
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Samsung Electronics to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Samsung Electronics
  • Ask about the day -to-day in your interview and make sure you do any preparation recommended to you by your line manager when offered the job eg excel courses.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

London

July 2022


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