Summer Technology Analyst Review

Really enjoyed working here, the work was challenging and meaningful, and I felt I had full support from colleagues and fellow interns to be successful. My team was very friendly and welcoming, and both working and non-working events were enjoyable for both networking and fun. Felt good working for such a prestigious company

I felt very valued, and that my work was meaningful. I was encouraged by all to network and discuss problems and solutions with my fellow teammates, and the project I was working on ended up being in high demand for quick implementation, showing that it will have an immediate positive effect.

My manager was always accessible to discuss any questions or issues I was having, both with my work, and about the internship, the company or myself personally. I preferred to be left to my own devices day-to-day, and my manager was happy with that, and always on hand to guide me in the right direction when needed.

My time management was left up to me, and there was always something to be getting on with. Towards the end, I was hurried towards releasing my project, but to me that just says that my project was highly valued and the users couldn’t wait to get their hands on it!

I was always entirely in control of my own work and project, and since it’s replacing an existing production workflow, it is very important that it works correctly. Since I was developing the project on my own, I was the sole person responsible for implementing it correctly, although I did have others I could check with.

A lot of the tools I worked with were very unique and specialised, but the practise of learning them can be applied to a lot more. I felt that being in a real, corporate setting with actual projects to work on helped fill the gaps in my education, and really show the link between the theoretical concepts I was taught to applying them in the real world.

Atmosphere was good, everyone was approachable. The environment was set up nicely, with everything easy to get to and the equipment provided and workstations were set up well for good productivity. There was a good amount of conversation and discussion without being too quiet or noisy to work properly in.

The organisation was generally good. Pre-internship communication was excellent, everything was told to us well in advance, with HR accessible for any pre-arrival questions. Once here, there were a couple of hiccups with events, but generally everything was good, especially with the actual work-related information rather than extra work/social events.

I felt that there was enough training to get started, and everyone around was happy to help with any questions while I was working. There could have been a bit more formal technical training at the start, but everyone helped to make up for that and I feel I have learned and developed greatly during my time here.

There is a direct progression route to a graduate job that is well advertised during the program and progress and whether or not we are on track for a graduate offer is well communicated to us. The cut for placements is not ruthlessly competitive, but rather they are happy to take all those that are actually worthy of a place.

The social scene was a bit lacking. There were a couple of intern social events organised by the company, and they were not quite to my taste so I didn’t enjoy them personally. Others seemed to, so it seems down to opinion. Privately arranged social events were better, and I have made longer-term friends from my fellow interns

The work area itself was an expensive area, although not as bad as first feared. It is certainly affordable with the salary provided. Internal subsidies also help with food, etc. during the day, and there is a wide range of nearby locations with a fair range of prices from mid to high.

There is very little nightlife in the immediate vicinity, but has very easy links to central London where there is significantly more. That being said, there are a large number of bars near the office

Company sports clubs were advertised, and were quite mainstream activities, as well as the Corporate Challenge run.