Technical Specialist Review
by IBM
Rating
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Skills
3.5
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
2.0
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Culture
3.3
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Your Impressions
2.7
- 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 IBM
- 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Overview
Project managing a process that handles requests for custom environments, communicating effectively with requestors and software engineers to ensure there is transparency about deadlines, keeping track of costs and ensuring the requests are shutdown on time.
Skills
I have developed my professional communication, teamwork and leadership skills. I have learnt new skills such as coding and being able to use Excel more proficiently.
Responsibilities
I was given responsibility to manage a project after training and on the job experience. You are expected to do the work quickly even if you aren't familiar with the topic, which may require more time to research.
Support & Guidance
I was informed by my internship manager to stop one task and prioritise the more important one. I informed my task manager that I will be prioritising one task, meaning I won't be able to complete the other task in time, she disagreed with this and told me I will have to get them both done by the upcoming deadline. I didn't feel supported and was given negative feedback for bringing this up.
Culture
Among other interns, the company culture is enjoyable. Some other senior members can be welcoming, kind and informative. Working with some people from other countries can be difficult due to time zones, and differences in opinions over directness, which can be difficult. There isn't much networking with people from different teams.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed that I was able to get lots of experience and learn new skills as well as develop existing ones. Networking with other young individuals is fun and nice as you are able to relate to each other on many levels. Interns are seen as interns and given tasks that others "don't have the time for" so I didn't feel that valued as an employee.
Yes
If you are applying for an internship, you may be given tasks that others just "don't have time for" or ones that don't utilise your own skillsets. Remember that as much as the company would hire you to add value to the business, you should be getting the same value back. If you need support, be sure to reach out to your manager and set expectations.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Project Management
London
July 2023
