Technology Intern Review
by M&G plc
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 M&G plc
- 7. Would you recommend M&G plc to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to M&G plc
Overview
Working with the companies database, and writing SQL queries. Then using Power BI to display the data through a dashboard which will be used by the company to cut down a 2 hour daily task. Attending daily stand ups and weekly Retrospectives, Demos and Sprint planning. Attending dozens of meetings from speakers within the company.
Skills
Learnt to use Power BI, exposed to SQL. Used Confluence and Jira for team organisation and planning which had previously never heard of. Also took on the scrum master role.
Responsibilities
Given access to database with client information. Scrum master role consisted of organising the team and liaising with managers/ other team members.
Support & Guidance
Lots of support, manager were very willing to help and very supportive. Always had access to help. Everyone in the company was always wiling to put time aside for the interns- never felt like I was intruding or taking up too much time.
Culture
Very good company culture, everyone was very friendly and supportive. Fell into place within the team right away.
Your Impressions
Really enjoyed, learnt a lot
Yes
Be open minded to projects you're given - good opportunity to learn something new and do something different to usual
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Information Technology
Scotland
August 2023
