Public Sector Bid Analyst Review

by IBM

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    2.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I manage various IBM tools used in the sector, I host training sessions for said tools, I manage new ideas and implement any possible activities to keep improving our score on RFPs


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes I have learnt many new skills especially those around technology and project management tehcniques


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • Yes but it varies from month to month, and hugely depends on what my manager gives me to do. The company requires you to be given work and is very difficult to 'own' things without it being done alongside your manager.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 2/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A lot, specifically from my task managers and various other GTM employees, in terms of the foundation managers I felt there is a lot more that could be done other than the 1 week of career development.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Nothing special, everyone is nice


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

  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed it, but mainly because of the people I met which I think says more about the people than the company unfortunately


  • 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 IBM
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
  • Be yourself and it will come through, it is tough but manageable for anyone


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Project Management

London

May 2023


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