Data Science Placement Review

by PepsiCo

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    2.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Provide support for research projects across a range of sectors in the PepsiCo business. This consists of designing plans for data collection, manipulating data, visualising data and performing statistical calculations.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I've learnt how to pro-actively work on projects as work is often independent/ in small teams. I've developed my skill of telling a story with my data.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, as a PepsiCo placement student you are treated as an equal employee, given plenty of responsibility and are trusted with work.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 2/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Support is also available on demand and everyone is always ready to help if you need it, however, often guidance was limited to help with my learning and development


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • There is a very friendly and welcoming culture throughout the company


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I have very much enjoyed my placement as it has given me an opportunity to work with a wide range of people on a wide range of products meaning that everyday was a new challenge


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at PepsiCo
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend PepsiCo to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PepsiCo
  • The hiring managers want to get to know who you are as a person so let your character shine through, show them the type of person you are.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

East Midlands

August 2021


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