Engineering Intern Review

by Eaton

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • 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.
  • I will consider customer requirements and create lifetime simulations for them. I will also complete lab tests to support these enquiries.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Learnt to use COMSOL, work with external professionals, lots of different equipment in the lab, and applied theory from research.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Towards the end, yes. I did not run any projects or lead teams, but I was responsible and trusted to complete high value work as part of the team.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • An excellent amount from my mentor, however, he only works part-time. The rest of the team were only able to give limited support as my role has no comparable full time employee to reference.


  • 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?
  • Amazing, great ethics, ethos, morals, in addition to great extra curricular activities including charity events. A brilliant relaxed and supportive atmosphere whilst still remaining professional.


  • 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?
  • It was a great year. I learnt some key professional skills, both technical and soft, and I met some great people that I will definitely keep in touch with. I'm looking to stay on at the company after I graduate, that's how much I enjoyed it!


  • 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 Eaton
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Eaton
  • Keep an open mind as they are definitely interested in the person, as well as the skills and qualifications.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering

East Midlands

July 2022


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