Analytical Chemist Review
by AstraZeneca
Rating
3.7/5
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
3.8
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Your Impressions
3.0
- 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 AstraZeneca
- 7. Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Overview
Developing Analytical Methods - day to day is preparing solutions, preparing instruments, analysing data, writing up, attending meetings.
Skills
Learned a number of new analytical techniques and how to maintain good data integrity
3/5
5/5
4/5
5/5
Responsibilities
Yes - expected to carry out tasks like a normal new starting full time employee
4/5
Support & Guidance
A good amount of support from my supervisor and team
2/5
5/5
Culture
A lot of people over working - very 'do it for career progression' focused.
4/5
4/5
4/5
3/5
Your Impressions
I enjoyed meeting new people and learning new techniques but did not enjoy the balancing the university work and AZ work.
2/5
3/5
4/5
No
The workload can be particularly high
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Chemistry
North West
June 2023
