Engineering Intern Review
by BAT
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at BAT
- 7. Would you recommend BAT to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BAT
Overview
Providing engineering support to various projects. Daily tasks involve laboratory work, data analysis, CAD work, prototyping using 3D printing, managing suppliers.
Skills
Improved technical skills such as CAD modelling. Developed project and people management skills.
Responsibilities
A lot of responsibility was given to me during the placement enabling me to have real impact on some of the high-priority projects of the company.
Support & Guidance
The placement started with a comprehensive induction period where I learned about the industry, the company and the different departments and teams. Technical training was provided by my line manager to enable me to succeed in my role. Throughout the placement we had workshops to improve important professional skills such as creating successful presentations and posters.
Culture
People were very welcoming and it was easy to settle into both my smaller and wider team. Everyone was helpful and happy to help with any work or career related question. A great atmosphere in general.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed the placement very much. The work I did was both interesting and meaningful which gave me great satisfaction.
Yes
Research the company well before the interview process. BAT takes pride in its sustainability initiatives and its focus on reducing the health impact of smoking. These are great talking points for the interview.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
South East
August 2021
