Business Consultant Review

by IBM

Best Student Employer

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Work on bids for IBM, aiming to win them. Daily tasks include a variety such as: creating and managing bid trackers, managing the teams tasks in order of priority, working with legal, risk and pricing to ensure tasks within are completed before the deadline.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes I have developed all exisiting skills such as communication in the professional environment. And I have learnt new skills such as IT skills.


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

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, a huge amount of responsibilty. I really felt like it was my full time job. I got the whole real experience of working at IBM.


  • 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?
  • Lots of support and guidance, whenever I had an issue, I had many people to go to including my immediate manager. Everyone is super helpful.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Company culture was fantastic, really friendly and comfortable atmosphere, where as an intern I did not feel lesser than those superior to me, I was comfortable enough to have a full conversation and reach out to them.


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

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

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

  • 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?
  • I really enjoyed my placement, I am very grateful I got this opportunity to work for IBM and I am eager to come back as a grad.


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

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
  • Be confident and be your authentic self because you will be accepted for who you are.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Management Consulting

North West

May 2023


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