Technology intern Review
by BlackRock
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
3.7
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The Company
3.0
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The Culture
3.6
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
Loved the people and the work aspect, some aspects of the business left me bored though
I am happy to have been able to help some colleagues even slightly. I haven't seen my colleagues not valuing my work and was left feeling happy with the amount of work I submitted
My manager was too busy to attend all the initially planned meetings, but some other people took over as they had an interest in my work and wanted to see it through
I had a main project and multiple side projects which often left me working for a lot more than 8 hours per day. The internship was organised to keep us doing interesting things, but I believe it overdid it by making us do too much
I was responsible for a project that would influence the workflow of my whole team and felt happy with the amount of responsibility I was given
I had to work with technologies I hadn't used before and that I believe will be very useful in the future as they are industry standard. Also learned a lot about how a company this big gets managed and what its business consists of. Overall I was left happy with the amount of things I learned and their usefulness
The Company
People were calm and friendly. Left with a very good impression of the atmosphere in the office
It was hectic as many projects overlapped, training in the beginning was also unstructured, the internship wasn't very well organised, but still managed to give a good idea of how the company works
They have some general training for presentation skills and economy and such - things that don't directly relate to my field of work. They had some very basic sessions explaining some relevant things to my work, but not enough. The rest consisted of me asking people and reading documents. Some extra training may have been nice
Flexi Time
Company Parties/Events
I would accept a job offer but only for certain jobs. Some, despite being in my field of study, were definitely not appealing to me. Also the formal aspect of the job is a bit old fashioned
The Culture
Yes, has constant conversations with people from my team and others, people with my level of status and higher
It was not the cheapest city, but finding cheap accommodation and food and paying for entertainment wasn't bad. The company paid well
During the summer there are some interesting things happening around festivals and such, but I am more keen on the night life in other cities
As long as you organised them there are tons. Both things in the city and outside in the nature
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Scotland
September 2015
