Sales Intern Review

by PepsiCo

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • The first few weeks involved a thorough introduction to the different PepsiCo channels and insight into the FMCG industry as a whole. This followed 3 weeks in the field which were all different to each other. The final week offered more learnings. Alongside all the information given, a variety of group tasks & challenges were set throughout.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes plenty. Sales skills from field work especially. This built up my confidence and ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people. Due to the variety of tasks my ability to generate ideas quickly and turn this into a coherent presentation has improve massively.


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

  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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. One week we were tasked with cold-call selling Pipers crisps to independent establishments across London. We were the first point of contact for the brand.


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

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A huge amount. Our supervisors Luke, Elisha & Holly were available round the clock. They would take on and solve any issue the interns had. It was extremely helpful.


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

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

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The culture stood out a lot. It was very evident early on that the company really cared about its workers, people, community and wellbeing. A lovely atmosphere to be apart of which makes coming to work something to look forward to.


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

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • 10/10. Didn’t want it to end!


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

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

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

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PepsiCo
  • Be yourself & enjoy the process


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Sales

North West

September 2021


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