Industrial placement student Review
by AstraZeneca
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 AstraZeneca
- 7. Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Overview
Lab based research in structural biology producing protein and compound structures relevant to the projects I was working on. This involved protein crystallography.
Skills
I have developed my lab skills as well as learnt new lab techniques I can use in the future. I also learnt new computational skills when modelling the protein structures. I developed my presentation and communication skills in project meetings and learnt new networking skills within the office.
Responsibilities
I was initially training, then supervised at the beginning in lab work and computational work, but once my supervisor was confident I could do the job effectively was left to produce work for the project team independently, taking responsibility for structure work in the project. My supervisor was always available if I had questions.
Support & Guidance
Guidance from beginning to end with lab techniques, computational work, presentation and meetings and just generally how a pharmaceutical company works
Culture
The company atmosphere was very relaxed and lots of communication and collaboration. The culture is very much open door and people would go to other experts for help on problems or with questions and everyone was happy to help each other. There was a feeling that everyone in the building was working together toward a common goal.
Your Impressions
My placement has been invaluable to me, I found I loved the 9-5 routine and found the work I was doing really interesting. I loved where I was based and made lots of friends.
Yes
Be yourself in the interviews, the company is looking for individuals that can work well with others and have a passion for the work they are doing. Also to expect hard work, it is one of the best pharmaceutical companies for a reason and everyone works hard to develop drugs to help people.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
South East
September 2022
