Summer Internship Review

by EDF Trading

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • The role involved creating an artificial neural network (using the Python libraries Tensorflow / Sklearn) to predict power prices in various regions. The results were then analysed before being presented to the rest of the team to determine how well it performs against the models already in use by the company.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • The internship allowed me to further develop my coding skills in Python, and expand my knowledge about how the energy markets operate.


  • 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?
  • I was given a lot of responsibility when it came to my work and managing various deadlines.


  • 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?
  • There was plenty of support available throughout the internship from my managers and team, who provided lots of advice whilst I was working on my project.


  • 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?
  • A friendly and collaborative work environment.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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 really enjoyed the internship throughout the ten weeks.


  • 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 EDF Trading
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend EDF Trading to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to EDF Trading
  • Make sure you are familiar with coding in Python and a rough idea of how energy markets operate.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering

London

September 2023


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