Quality Engineer Review

I really enjoyed my time with the company! Whilst I decided that the work I was specifically doing possibly wasn't for me, it definitely let me gain skills and process understanding that I'll use later in my career. It was also great to be able to go around the company and see some of the other departments and understand the work they do!

My manager and to a greater extent, my mentor, gave me a real sense of value and never once acted as though I was an inconvenience. There was a slight language barrier, so some of the small talk was a bit more difficult, but they were still great! Everyone else I engaged with, regardless of their level, were more than happy to engage and listen to what I had to say.

I'd say I was given exactly the right amount of guidance! It would have been my worst nightmare to have had my hand held through everything I did, but it wasn't- I was given a task, given some instruction and left to do it. My mentor and I would then check in a couple of days later to check the progress and go over any questions or issues I had.

For the most part, yeah! In the first couple of weeks it was a little quiet, more so because I was spending a lot of my time trying to familiarise myself with processes and get up to speed with the required training. After around week 2, however, I felt I had a really good balance of work to keep me busy, but without being overbearing.

I wasn't responsible for very much, but that was partly down to the nature of the work I was doing. For the documents I was creating, I was responsible for the complete development and for chasing up any issues I had, which gave me a sense of responsibility, though it still wasn't groundbreaking! To be honest, within my department, I'm not sure I could have been given all that much more responsibility

I think they will really help me! As I study design engineering, and have to work on the entire product development process, the work I did here will definitely of benefit. I was working at the customer viewpoint end of the process, gathering information and setting requirements based on their wants and needs. This is something I can be quite lax on in my uni work, so I will now place more focus on it!

It wasn't the most exciting, if I'm honest. There were no other interns around, and the majority of people were a bit older, many of whom were going to and from meetings constantly. Because the company supports hot desking, there would occasionally be different people around, but for the most part, people would chase people out of "their" chair if they tried to hot desk... It wasn't a negative atmosphere, and it would possibly have been better if the people around me were actually my team.

Mine was organised pretty well, though there was some last minute department changes which made things a little more difficult. This meant that my project description was a touch vague, but that was made up for during the work here. In terms of structure while I was in the department, it was organised very well and my work progression felt as if it had been well though through.

I went on one training course for a day on the Kano Model, which is something that will be of benefit to me! The members of my team were happy to spend time showing me things that I was interested in, but the actual company didn't do a significant amount- there were no company organised trainings for undergrads or anything like that

It's very appealing to come back and try something different within the company, and I have been put forward to return for another internship next year which I will most likely take. I think the grad scheme is very appealing for a good few reasons, namely salary and structure, and would be something I'd consider.

Absolutely! There was around 50 or so of us lived in uni halls in Coventry which was great from a social aspect. There was something going on a lot of the time, and always at the weekends. As it was halls, you got to know the people you were living with really well, which was also really good in a social sense.

Socialising was pretty standard- not shockingly cheap but also not painful to buy a drink... Living was pretty reasonable, I'd say, though if I were to work here I'd live elsewhere, in somewhere a bit nicer than Coventry! On the whole, prices were quite standard for UK average, I'd say.

Nightlife was good, but limited in Coventry. I was working in Gaydon, but have no idea of nightlife there (I wouldn't imagine there to be much...) but Coventry was reasonable. The closest club to where were staying was cheap, though was very basic and not particularly exciting... I wouldn't imagine going much at home, but staying with all of the interns made it quite good fun on a Friday night!

Through the company, there weren't loads. There was a few things run by the grads to help out with magazines or some projects, but doing that within the time frame would have been pretty limited. You'd only just be getting in to it as you'd have to leave. As a grad, though, I imagine there would be a good few fun things to get involved in when you've got a bit more time!