PSI PMO Review

I very much enjoyed my placement year! I found it to be a fantastic learning experience that really stretched my capabilities.

I felt very valued by colleagues as I was able to fulfill vital roles and deliver real value to IBM and the client.

Management was often more than happy to take time out of their day to explain any questions I had and the context around them, despite their busy schedules.

I did tend to be very busy on a daily basis, but this stretched my capacity and grew my work ethic and efficiency.

I was given significant responsibilities for what I expected as an intern, and could feed into and add value to delivery processes.

The skills I developed in this role will assist me in ensuring that I am able to grasp new complicated concepts with much less difficulty, and will enhance my confidence and client-facing skills.

My client office was fairly fun but also quite serious with a focus on hard work and delivery activities.

The overall work placement was very well set up, with significant support networks and opportunities to socialise.

There was a great emphasis on personal training and development, through the IBM training portal online as well as learning from more experienced colleagues.

Future employement prospects are very appealing for myself. Personally working in a position relatively similar and in close proximity to grads, the work they do and the culture of IBM is very exciting.

Whilst I was based on client-side and therefore not with many early professionals, there were strong social bonds with perhaps not as many opportunities to socialise as one may like.

The cost of living and socialising where I worked was quite low.

The nightlife in the area I worked was not very prevalent.

Yes there were many opportunties to get involved in work which was outside the daily job which involved getting to know and work with other interns outside of my team to develop solutions.