Global Sales & Marketing Analyst Review

Challenging but exciting; I had a lot of flexibility to join projects thaty interested me and get involved with other teams.

Given a lot of responsibility and never treated like an intern - just another member of the team. Was able to attend events in London and Barcelona, had regular interaction with Vice Presidents, Global Directors and the executives of other companies.

Due to travel, guidance was sought more from co-workers than my manager. Always got the answers I needed though and everyone was happy to take the time out for me to explain things. Taught me more about being independent and logically working things out for myself.

Peaks and troughs, but generally kept very busy. If less so, there was always plenty to get involved in outside my team, which was very much encouraged. During a quiet period, I was able to split my time 50:50 between Telco Sales and Ops. Worked some late nights, but I was encouraged to take the time back when I could.

Some of my roles within projects included Project Manager, UK Coordinator, EMEA Point of Contact etc.

Hugely. I have developed a wide range of skills, such as communication/people skills, working independently, project management, business etiquette, team dynamics and events management.

Really friendly. All cliches aside, we are a big family. ~1000 people at the Swindon site but everyone seems to know each other... The intern community is excellent too; there are 63 of us so it's like freshers with the difference that you're partying with people you actually know the names of.

My role was extremely ad hoc so there wasn't any real need for structure. However, my first 6 weeks at Intel were spent with the previous Telco intern, who showed me the ropes, introduced me to the right people and taught me the foundation of all I needed to know to succeed in my role.

To a great extent. If I wanted to go on a training course - internal or external - the time was given and the course paid for. Intel understands that, as young professionals, we need all the help we can get in self-development and having an insight into the way business and management works, so they encourage us to actively seek out relevant training. All new starters are given around 6-8 hours worth of various trainings as mandatory. There is then a wide range of optional training to choose from.

Brilliant! Swindon is a dire town but the people make it so worth it!

About the same as when at uni (Leeds).

Great when you're with the right people... The company does a lot to provide random subsidised nights (such as Chinese New Year or the American Diner Night) which are usually a roaring success. Swindon is also close to many other towns/cities which provide better night life (Bristol, Reading, Bath, etc). The interns have a Sports and Social Committee who try to organise city crawls for us as regularly as possible.

Plenty of sports and volunteering activities; I got far more involved here than at uni. Intel takes around 80 people to the Corporate Games each year for a variety of sports. They encourage you to take free days off to volunteer, and match your charity donations.