Project Management Support Review

by IBM

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • 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.
  • Day to day managing of the account, supporting my team as well as scrum masters and delivery managers. Maintaining client relationships with their security clearance team. Dealing with onboarding/cv reviews/clearance. Financial Work. Supporting communities such as the people board and community benefits (outreach system to charities and organisations)


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • -How to work in a corporate environment -people management -email etiquette -chatbot/ ai -excel -trello -mural -agile processes -financial reporting


  • 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 regularly given tasks which were time sensitive and also dealt with direct client contact such as monthly reporting to client service managers


  • 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?
  • Constant support and guidance from anyone I turned to/ worked with. Never felt like I couldnt ask for help


  • 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?
  • Perfect company culture, extremely nurturing, sense of community despite working from home


  • 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?
  • I throughout enjoyed it. I learnt how to work in a full time job while also enjoying myself. I have applied back to the placement.


  • 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
  • Make sure that you read up on IBM values and apply this to your interviews and throughout your work. Don't be afraid that this is a big multinational company as on a personal level, everyone is there to support you and nurture you throughout your placement.


    Report this review

Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Management Consulting

North West

July 2022


View More Reviews