Summer Scheme Student Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.4/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    2.3
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Spreadsheets, site visits, market comparable searches

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Communication skills, valuation skills, spreadsheet formulae, report writing, due diligence

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 3/5
  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes, but could have been give more autonomy.

  • 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?

    • Grad student who helped me everyday, and director helping when I needed

  • 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?

    • Social, but valuation is quite an insular department everyone just works on their reports without much collaboration

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 1/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 1/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • Enjoyable, went by quickly Quite monotonous in terms of day to day work

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Savills

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Savills to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Savills

    • Show passion for property, networking, strong CV and cover letter

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Property Management

London

July 2022

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