Solution Engineer Review
by Oracle
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 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 Oracle
- 7. Would you recommend Oracle to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Oracle
Overview
My role is a high-level presales role aimed at supporting presales staff by implementing strategies & programmes aimed at making their lives easier. My daily tasks involved answering emails, attending multiple Zoom calls, talking and finding out more about different people within the organisation and attending virtual charity events and completing online activities with everyone on my team.
Skills
My biggest skill I've developed is my confidence, when I first started I wouldn't talk to anyone on the phone but as I got to the end of the placement I could call and talk to anyone without any issues. Other skills developed involve time management, organisational skills, research, problem solving and prioritisation.
Responsibilities
One of the biggest responsibilities I was given was to create a presentation presenting raw data into information that was easy to understand, this data was to be shown to a manager that reports directly to the CEO of Oracle so it had to be perfect. Other than that, I've spoken and presented in front of various managers managing hundreds of people across the UK and the rest of EMEA.
Support & Guidance
Because of lockdown restrictions, it made the training more difficult than in the office but the sessions were made to be engaging with various activities, quizzes and opportunities to speak and learn from various employees within Oracle. I felt as though I could speak to anyone if I had any queries.
Culture
It was a weird experience at first because I'm used to an environment where I'm micromanaged during every shift. Suddenly moving to a workplace where I have more freedom was a great experience and I actually felt more productive. People I met in Zoom calls actually wanted to hear my opinions and took them into consideration which I thought wouldn't happen for an intern.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it a lot, I was given a lot of responsibility and felt as though the work I was doing was making a real difference to the organisation. The employees and other interns I was working alongside made me feel welcome and we had a lot of fun both during work and outside of work in the evenings or weekends.
Yes
Be yourself, it might seem scary applying for an internship but everyone is so lovely and It's an opportunity you definitely don't want to turn down.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
South East
September 2021
