System Analyst Review

I really enjoyed the placement, it was a great programme, a great introduction to consultancy, and working in a professional environment.

I felt very valued, I was allowed to hold responsibility for my own work over a variety of areas, and was producing material others relied on and that was used directly within the project.

I was given three managers and although at times balancing them was difficult they were all fantastic. I was given the right level of guidance when material was unclear, but I was also encouraged to take my own initiative and produce work independently.

I had plenty to fill my time, but it was made very clear on a number of occasions that I was not expected to work out of office hours, and when I got caught up in work and stayed later than planned by choice my manger/colleagues would always be making sure I wasn't planning on staying too late and encourage me to go home.

I felt like I was given responsibility for my own areas and that it really was valued, but at no poin did I feel unsupported it was easy to ask for help.

I developed better time management and also the ability to work independently and be more confident in my own decisions. I was exposed to the workings of SAS this was a fantastic opputunity and I had independent use of the tool that will definitely assist my studies. I was encouraged to work in a way that beneffited me and didn't just deliver the quickest answer. A good example was in Excel, I was asked to do some computation I knew I could do it manually as asked or try and write a macro that I didn't have much experience with, my manager encouraged me to do the latter that was a really useful learning experiecne.

Very friendly and pleasent. Everyone I asked was always happy to have a coffee with me and chat about their work and career, no matter how senior they were. We had a team dinner, party and a football match during my time which were all really condusive to general bonding.

It was, on the whole, well organised and I always knew where I should be and what I should be doing. Perhaps, the only remark I would make here of a negative nature is that we all found out the actual geographical locations of our placements on the Thursday before we all started on the Monday. More notice would have helped to reduce stress and help planning and preparation.

During our first week, the firm invested a great deal in us all, teaching us technical and personal skills. The firm always wanted to balance fun with benefit and this worked well.

Very appealing as the firm offers such a fantastic variety of opportunity and placements.

Yes, I've made a number of friends amongst the other interns and we have often met up in London to do various things. It was a nice way to get out of the office and discuss things other than work.

I lived at home so the cost of living did therefore not apply to me, really. London can be reasonable if you pick out the right place, but, basically, it was pretty expensive.

London has a great and intense night life there is masses and masses to do and see and so many places to go!

Yes - football, pub quizzes and dinners. There were some sports clubs to get involved with.