Technology Intern Review
by abrdn
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 abrdn
- 7. Would you recommend abrdn to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn
Overview
Attended the teams daily meetings to keep on top of the teams delivery pipeline and worked simultaneously on new business analyst pieces of work brought to our team from various parts of the business.
Skills
All my soft skills such as professional communication and networking have been improved as well as my personal confidence. Moreover my technical skills in excel and SQL have been massively improved due to constant use of them.
Responsibilities
Yes, unlike other placements i have completed, at abrdn they treated me like I was just another member of the team which in turn boosted my confidence and work ethic
Support & Guidance
Weekly manager 1-1 calls as well as a continuous support network via the early careers team. Also, we were linked with a buddy around the same age with whom I had weekly calls with.
Culture
Very welcoming and friendly. Open to all questions.
Your Impressions
Very much enjoyed it. So much so that I immediately accepted the offer of a graduate position there.
Yes
Be confident going into the interviews as all the interviewers were very friendly.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Information Technology
Scotland
November 2022
