Undergraduate Trainee Review

by JLR

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Rating

3.4/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    3.3
  • The Culture
    2.1

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Placement was always exciting, dealing with aspects of a vehicle that will directly affect customer reaction. Colleagues were very accommodating and treated me like one of the team. Additionally, I got to experience a wide range of company functions.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I was included in nearly all meetings and was allocated a full 40-hours worth of tasks at the beginning of the week, which were often project-critical. I was trusted as any other colleague.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • I worked closely with my supervisor throughout my placement, and had the opportunity to ask questions whenever required. Meetings were held to review my progress, and experiences that I asked for were always facilitated.

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • I always had either tasks to get on with, or people who would have a task waiting for me!

    5/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I was entrusted with getting cars through the workshop, conveying information to build, representing the department in meetings, whilst never feeling like I'd been dropped in the deep end.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • The communication and people skills, as well as general business timescale awareness that I gained during the 12 weeks were invaluable, arguably more so for an engineering job than my actual engineering degree.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Good balance of fun/humour and work.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • The people in the department were excellent and accommodating. However, the undergraduate placement scheme team had next-to-no contact during the placement and I was often poorly informed of undergrad events and what I should be doing to document the placement. I feel I was lucky I had such a good department, but there was not such a clear structure to the placement in terms of the wider scheme.

    2/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Colleagues were happy to help and give their time to me, including getting me through driver training quickly enough to use on the placement.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Pending approval from my manager and finance, I will be offered a job after the placement.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • In Coventry & Leamington yes, less so elsewhere.

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • N/A

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • N/A

    1/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Yeah, both with colleagues and other undergrads.

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Mechanical Engineering

East Midlands

August 2016

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