Commercial Finance Placement Review

by Samsung Electronics

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Assisting the commercial finance manager with day to day requirements such as developing reports, raising SOAs and forecasting.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes - I learnt Excel functions more deeply, teamwork, emotional intelligence, analytical skills and commercial awareness.


  • 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 was given a high level of responsibility by looking after all Display promotion raising and developing reports in my own time.


  • 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?
  • A lot of guidance was given, my manager was amazing support and it was lovely to have many other placements to network with.


  • 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?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Was lovely to experience a global company and work alongside Korean colleagues


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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 thoroughly enjoyed my placement due to the support and large cohort. Samsung is a great company that cares about its employees.


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Samsung Electronics
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Samsung Electronics to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Samsung Electronics
  • Make sure you want to work for a large, global company before applying and you’re able to deal with a fast paced Sales environment.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Financial Management

London

June 2023


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