Business Development Associate Review

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at SAP. It definitely didn't feel like spending 13 months on this internship. Being involved in so many projects from the very beginning to the end of the placement made the time fly very quickly.

By the middle of the placement, I was given full responsibility and felt just like a full-time employee. As the Business Development Associate, my role was key within the team and my colleagues have definitely valued all my inputs and initiatives.

The team I worked was extremely helpful and supportive. Although I had a delegated buddy to help me with the onboarding, throughout my placement the whole team got involved in my development and training and I learnt from everyone.

The best thing about being an intern is that you can actually choose how much work you want to take on. If you ever feel like you don't have enough responsibility by simply asking the team you can get involved in any activities or areas you want to get more experience on. The are some quite days as there are extremely busy days (end of the quarter).

I was given full responsibility for week one. I remember being involved in the small project after 3 days of the start of my placement. As I gained more experience the responsibility grew. After 3 months I was already in contact with customers and closing small deals. In summary, my manager gave me enough responsibility as to challenge me every day.

As an intern in the Education Department, I had access to all the training ever produced by SAP, plus much other online training on soft skills such as: how to overcome objectives, influencing and negotiation techniques

The general atmosphere varied depending on the time of the year. As we were approaching the end of the financial year or a quarter I could everyone a bit more tensed than usual. But overall the atmosphere was relaxed. 99% of the time everyone is up for a laugh and a chat.

The internship was well organised from the beginning. My role has changed over time as I took on more responsibilities and projects.

I’m very pleased with all the training I was given during this placement. The training and development of the interns are SAP’s main focus and a lot of investment was put into this area.

Although I enjoyed my time at SAP, I realised that a sales role is not the perfect fit for me in the future. This has nothing to do with the company or the department.

Having 40+ intern in the company makes SAP a very fun company to work in. We organised parties and nights out with both interns and education department at least bimonthly.

London is very expensive. Also, the Feltham office is quite remote from the city centre. It took me about an hour to get to the office.

As the office was remote, not very lively. However, you can rent accommodation nearer to the city centre.

There are many extracurricular activities such as volunteering and sports that you can join. If you don’t find anything that you enjoy doing you can always start up a new society or group.