12 Month Industrial Placement Review

by Accenture

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • The role changes say to day and project to project, however you will mostly be working as a business support analyst or within project management. However, depending on your confidence it is possible for you to increase your responsibilities. You can expected to learn a great deal surrounding the whole project life cycle, from initiation to the final deliverable, and everything it entails.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes, too many to count. Main skills however are in: research, analysis, stakeholder management, project management, business and process design, PowerPoint, Excel, data collection.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

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

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

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, you can take on as much as you need (within reason), providing you have the capacity and willingness to push yourself.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Throughout your internship, you will have numerous support touch points, which grows after each successful project. You will never be left to your own devices, without the required support being there to able if needed.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Amazing, great culture and atmosphere. Work-life balance was prioritised, and there are plenty of opportunities to get to know your co-workers.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Absolutely loved it, wouldn’t change anything. Quite genuinely had the best time and loved my work.


  • 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 Accenture
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Accenture to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Accenture
  • Be yourself, show honesty and empathy, and don’t be scared to bring your ideas to the wider group!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Management Consulting

London

September 2023


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