Summer Intern (Applied Sciences) Review
by PA Consulting
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
2.3
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Your Impressions
3.7
- 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 PA Consulting
- 7. Would you recommend PA Consulting to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PA Consulting
Overview
The majority of the day involved working on our internal projects which involved a lot of scientific research, design engineering and some lab testing. As well as this we had a lot of corporate learning meetings to work on skills such as presenting, and often networking calls to discuss projects and other work with people in the office.
Skills
I have developed my scientific research and testing skills as well as learnt a lot of new engineering skills that have not previously been my background such as CAD. The majority of the projects worked on are very interdisciplinary and require a lot of learning of new disciplines to understand the different elements of a project. I have also improved my presentation skills over the course of the placement.
Responsibilities
Yes, as we were assigned our own projects in pairs and we worked quite independently on this project as it was completely ours to decide what path to take it down and what we wanted to actually focus on. The project was an internal one rather than a client one however so it is less important to the company.
Support & Guidance
I had quite a lot of support from the two supervisors I had working on my project as well as my line manager, as we had frequent calls to discuss how the work was going and to let me ask questions. As well as this we also had a 'buddy' I saw frequently who was a relatively recent graduate and that was great to have someone to talk to more informally.
Culture
The atmosphere was generally good and most people in the office are very willing to chat and offer their expertise on anything we were working on. The atmosphere isn't too intense and we were able to chat to more senior people regularly without being very formal.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it overall although there were times when I was frustrated as my project wasn't always suited to my skills and I felt like I couldn't really contribute. The environment and the people were very nice however so it was enjoyable.
Yes
Focus on your technical skills and how they can be applied to a more real world project, and also try to be outgoing and talk to as many people as you can.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Science
East of England
August 2023
