Summer Intern Review

There were many opportunities to do new things and meet interesting people, but it was also just a very friendly office. I was surrounded by people who were always happy to help and it was a flexible and fun environment. I was rarely bored and always had something to do.

Everyone was always happy to chat and I felt like I could reach out to people and find out more about their role. If I was interested in something, someone would always take the time to chat to me about it. I was always included in workplace chat, and was never made to feel like an outsider by people in my team.

I was given lots of helpful feedback and I could always ask for a short catch-up to make sure that the work I was doing was progressing in the way that they wanted. Only issue was that they went on holiday for a couple weeks, but that can't be prevented in summer.

It depended on what I was doing- I had days where I was just researching and was not that busy, but there were also days with many meetings and different tasks to do. I would have liked to have more of an opportunity to get away from the desk/ office.

I wasn't given a huge amount of responsibility, but I did feel like the work I was doing was important to the team. I was doing a lot of research and advising rather than actions, but it felt like the team were trusting me to give them decent insights that they could consider.

I'm now far more confident with networking and coping in a corporate office environment, which I had never experienced before this internship. I can build connections and relationships with different people within the company to gain insights, analyse that information and apply those findings to the work my team is doing.

Except for the two weeks when everyone was on holiday, the office was always busy and there was always someone to chat to. It was open plan so you did not feel isolated and it was nice to have everyone working around you doing different things so it did not feel dull.