Technical Program Manager Review
by Expedia Group
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Expedia Group
- 7. Would you recommend Expedia Group to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Expedia Group
Overview
I lead some of the Daily Stand ups. I had meetings with existing Technical Program managers and other stakeholders to learn more about the business and team. I created a "Confluence" page or an online page documenting what a TPM should know if they were placed in the core technology department. I also created a page documenting my progress on how I approached my project. I set up meetings with other managers and led those meetings to give them updates on my project since they would be affected by the solution I come up with.
Skills
Definitely developed my networking skills. Problem solving skills were tested as well, especially since I had to carry out some user research to help me figure out the best solution to my project. And, of course, agile project management skills. How I can deal with the unknowns of a project and adjust to setbacks.
Responsibilities
Yes, I had to reorganise a whole intake process and actually apply my solution to help improve it. I was honoured by their trust in me. A lot of things could have gone wrong.
Support & Guidance
Plenty, not just from my team but from other teams that work with my team. I remember the first day I went up to introduce myself to a couple of collegues in the office, one of the program managers from another data team introduced himself and offered to sit down with me for 30 minutes to explain the teams within the technology department and the interdependencies. I learned more by interacting with people than I would by myself.
Culture
Honestly, I love how diverse the company is. Everyone I have met has been so kind and most of the time I walk in the hallways and I come across someone I don't know they would always smile. The office is aesthetically pleasing, which motivated me to go in almost everyday.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed every part of it. The office, the people, the learning environment.
Yes
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Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Information Technology
London
August 2022
