Power Academy Intern Review
by National Grid
Rating
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Skills
4.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.8
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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 National Grid
- 7. Would you recommend National Grid to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to National Grid
Overview
Meeting people in the company as an intern, learning from their work and working towards developing a site strategy for my assigned project.
Skills
Group working, time management and work-life balancing in a professional setting
Responsibilities
Yes, the project did involve a good amount of responsibility with regards to it's outcome
Support & Guidance
Support was available and people were ready to help if needed, but we were encouraged to go out and find out as much as possible on our own
Culture
Very relaxed working environment for the undergrads, there was a feeling that people did care and wanted to help
Your Impressions
Very enjoyable especially compared to the last year's placement which was online. Very socially refreshing to work with people in the office
Yes
Have a genuine interest in the area of work: Power systems and electricity transmission.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
East Midlands
November 2022
