Industrial Placement student Review
by AstraZeneca
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 AstraZeneca
- 7. Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Overview
The job involved a lot of protein purification and protein quality control to deliver the proteins for other laboratories around the organization. I worked in the large team of more than 20 scientists that was later divided into three teams.
Skills
New skills: DNA encoded library screening, protein characterization, dynamic light scattering, differential scanning fluorimetry. I developed my coding skills because one of the projects involved programming.
Responsibilities
Not very much. My colleagues understood that I am just a student and supported me, they were interested not only in the result of the experiments but also in my development.
Support & Guidance
I received a lot of support and guidance, my colleagues were interested not only in the result of the study but also in my personal development. I was well supervised. There was even the course that helped me to boost my programming skills.
Culture
The general atmosphere is supportive for students ( although it is hard to judge about the entire organization when you have worked there just in one team for one year). There are personal development courses that help you to achieve your professional goal. So you spend 90 of time to get to the result of your study and approximately 10% of time is dedicated for personal development, which is very good for early career development.
Your Impressions
Very enjoyed and that it. I definitely want to get back.
Yes
Research the company. Refresh your pharmacology knowledge if you have studied it. Ask questions at the interview.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
East of England
August 2021
