Power Academy Intern Review
by National Grid
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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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 National Grid
- 7. Would you recommend National Grid to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to National Grid
Overview
Day to day role included checking emails and responding to emails on a daily basis. Personal responsibilities included updating project Excel documents with the latest information, networking with other people within the company, and occasionally attending site visits. Attending seminars and industrial events was also a requirement, this was to keep up to date and report back on the latest trends and developments happening within the power sector.
Skills
Organizational skills and active listening have definitely improved. My experience using excel has significantly improved and was able to improve my programming skills mainly in python.
Responsibilities
Even though my internship was only 8 weeks, I believe the responsibilities I was given during my time were acceptable and manageable. The workload was evenly balanced and not too challenging. When encountering challenging problems there was always sufficient support from the team I was in and helpful resources that were available at National Grid.
Support & Guidance
I received a healthy amount of support. A lot of support was given helping to develop my soft skills and hard skills. The biggest support that was available was being able to ask senior members of the company how to develop our careers within engineering. This was really helpful and insightful. Plus everyone I met in the company was extremely friendly and supportive.
Culture
Very Chill. There is no constant pressure to deliver on work at specific deadlines and to be in the office at all times. They really trust you to do the work and know that you will deliver. This is very helpful as you actually can get the work done and deliver it to a high quality.
Your Impressions
Being able to work remotely helped significantly. I did not feel pressured in any way to do something I didn't like. Being able to speak to anyone at the company was a big bonus. Just simply dropping an email and getting to know who they are and what they do really helped to reinforce how relaxed the company is and that they really do, and they trust you that you will get the job done.
Yes
Just be yourself. Having an interest in the power sector and knowing stuff about the power sector will help significantly in your application.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
South West
November 2022
