CBSE Finance Placement Student Review

by Cummins

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.
  • Morning meeting to discuss what we are doing in the day. Lots of reconciliation of accounts Cross charging amounts between sites in the UK Posting journals in ledgers


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed lots of skills mainly team work, also had to present quite a bit so I've improved on that. I have also had to train people on tasks so I've improved my skills on that


  • 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?
  • I feel like my role is fairly important, if I miss deadlines, some of the work my managers do is severely impacted.


  • 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?
  • Lots of support throughout the placement - the previous placement student was there to train me for 2 months and then I was assigned a Buddy within my team to ensure I was ok. My manager was very good and contacted me months in advance of starting my placement to assure me the role is good.


  • 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?
  • Very good company culture of a very hard working team that will help each other when needed. Also great inclusivity and diversity within Cummins


  • 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 very much enjoyed my placement while also learning plenty of skills that I will take forward with me


  • 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 Cummins
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
  • To be yourself during the interview process


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting

North East

May 2023


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