Machine Learning Scientist Intern Review

by Expedia Group

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Requires reading scientific articles on the topic of my internship, and implementing the approaches found in the papers in Expedia's environment. Additionally, I test the performance of these approaches using company's framework and models


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes, I have learnt a lot in the researched area. Developed programming skills as well


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Not really, my project was an individual one, and although I regularly met with my manager to discuss the progress, I did not feel pressured. Also, my project was not crucial for the existence of the company. On the other hand, I had a lot of flexibility on what do I want to continue working on.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A lot, my team was amazing when it comes to the provided support, and I feel grateful for it


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very relaxed, at least in my team, friendly and generally positive


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed it a lot, surely a great experience for an internship


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Expedia Group
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Expedia Group to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Expedia Group
  • no idea, just do it?


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

London

August 2023


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