RDQ intern Review

by Mondelez

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Involvement in the development of new products, creating recipes and trialing recipes and products on both a small scale and factory scale. I also have involvement in sensory and shelf life tests.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Interpersonal skills, presentational skills, organizational skills.


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • In this internship you have a real life role- you are responsible for the product side of new projects. The responsibility is very high however you have lots of support throughout.


  • 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?
  • I was in a very supportive friendly team who were always willing to help. The rest of RD is also very supportive.


  • 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?
  • There is a very nice friendly atmosphere here, even with my placement starting online i felt very welcome from the start. There is always lots of social and mental health events going on.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • I have really enjoyed my placement, I feel I have learnt more in this year than I have in my first 2 years of uni! It has really opened my eyes to the career opportunities available within the food industry.


  • 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 Mondelez
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Mondelez
  • Prepare for the interview by focusing on your skills and experience from other roles you have done and how you could apply them to a product developer role. They are not expecting you to know everything too so don't worry if you don't know the exact answer to a technical question!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Consumer Products/FMCG

West Midlands

June 2022


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