Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role is to support regular tasks in the team in order to deliver client based work. This requires use of coding with SAS. I have the opportunity to write bespoke code and also work with other languages such as VBA.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes I have picked up so much knowledge. This includes coding knowledge and software knowledge as I have had the opportunity to work with a variety of applications such as Tableau. I have also developed a lot of skills that will be useful in the workplace and at university such as discipline and organisation.


  • 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 given a lot of responsibility. For example, I was asked to develop one of our existing products and my work is now used by clients on a weekly basis.


  • 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?
  • I had regular meetings with my manager to support me in prioritising my work and to help me meet deadlines. I also had a mentor from my team to help me on a day to day basis.


  • 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?
  • The company organise many events to help us interact with our wider team e.g. quarterly social events such as bowling, pool tournament etc. We also have quarterly team meals.


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

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

  • 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 have loved my placement at Experian.


  • 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 Experian
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Experian
  • Just be yourself and be honest. Before starting here I had never coded before, but I was open about this in my interview so that when I started the right support was in place for me to learn this skill.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science

East Midlands

August 2022


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