Data Science Summer Intern Review
by Centrica
Rating
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Skills
4.0
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 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 Centrica
- 7. Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
Overview
My main work was to develop a machine learning approach to predict customer behaviour using Python and Scikit-Learn. Most of my time was spent visualising and analysing input and output data and tuning my model. Apart from that I took part in organising and participating in volunteering activities.
Skills
I learned a lot of technical skills as this was the first time I developed a ML model from start to finish. These skills were to do with Python libraries and data analysis. Moreover, I improved my presentation skills and gained experience in working in a professional environment.
Responsibilities
Yes. I was fully responsible for the approach I developed and the volunteering I participated in. I was given a budget to help organise the volunteering and my team and I needed to get in touch with charities without any supervision from Centrica's full-time staff. I had to present the products of my work to Centrica's talent managers at the end of the placement.
Support & Guidance
My line manager was always very helpful in answering my technical questions and regularly asked me for feedback on my experience and personal development. The talent managers also offered a lot of support by always being approachable and available and hosting regular events in order to help develop skills through workshops and by asking us for feedback. Overall, I am very happy with the amount of support and guidance I received.
Culture
Very positive. It was never too stressful and everyone was very supportive and open.
Your Impressions
To full extent. I was not expecting to have this much fun. I will miss the company even though I have only worked here for nine weeks.
Yes
Do it, it's an amazing internship in terms of personal development, career opportunities and enjoyability.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Data Science
London
August 2023
