Business Management Review

by Centrica

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I interned within Centrica's Hive - a smart home solution and services company. Throughout the 9 weeks, I delivered competitor analyses and developed customer surveys. We had weekly stand ups to catch up with our team and update our progress on projects.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Greater commercial awareness, project & time management, excel skills, presentation skills, research abilities to name a few.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, with projects that directly impact the business.


  • 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 lot. We are assigned to a manager that gives us a project, a buddy who is an employee on the graduate scheme, and a group chat with the other interns in our stream with our leader.


  • 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?
  • Very caring, approachable, open-minded, and supportive environment.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 3/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • Very much so, what made it hard was having it fully remote. It would be nice if we were asked whether we wanted a fully remote or hybrid work.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Centrica
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • Don't be afraid to throw yourself into the business and network with others.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Product Design

International

August 2022


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