Summer Scheme Intern Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.5/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    3.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Assist the team I was assigned to with whatever tasks they may have. Often attended visitations to sites with clients and members of the team.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Learned lots about the real estate/ property industry and what the job of a surveyor is. Sharpened my research and excel skills. Definitely improved my communication skills meeting new people and trying to make a good impression.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • Mixed, many tasks were relatively low level. However they were always necessary for the deal to be completed and hence the task always seemed necessary and helpful for the wider operation.


  • 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?
  • There was very limited training from the team however it was largely soft skills that were necessary for the job.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 2/5

  • 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?
  • Very wholesome company culture, opportunities for social events and generally very friendly atmosphere around the office. Office is open plan with people hot-desking as many choose to work from home, so you may find yourself sat next to a director one day.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

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

  • 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?
  • Generally enjoyable with sufficient interesting work and responsibilities to encourage engagement with the role. Junior members of the team were very friendly and made the time enjoyable.


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • 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
  • Meet and build relationships with as many people as you can there.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Surveying

London

July 2022


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