Graduate Surveyor Review

by CBRE Group

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I'm currently in valuation team, where I help out valuing commercial assets for a number of clients. I write a number of reports weekly and look at comparable data to come up with valuation figures for these properties.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes, I've learnt how to use a number of internal systems to help with my job. I've also hugely improved my networking 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, I was given the opportunity to move to the Dubai office for 6 months and help the valuation team work on a mandate from the Saudi Arabian government. I took ownership of a number of projects and tasks for the team.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A lot. I was always asking questions, and we were frequently provided with training, webinars and calls to upskill us as well as ask questions.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Lovely. Super collaborative. Office is amazing as I meet someone new almost every day. It's a very inspiring place to work.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Massively enjoying the rotations and all of the opportunities a company like CBRE provides.


  • 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 CBRE Group
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend CBRE Group to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to CBRE Group
  • Make sure you highlight the part of you that aren't just 'cookie-cutter' surveyor characteristics. Show that you have interests else-where as well. It's a company full of really interesting and diverse employees, so they'd want to hire interesting individuals.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Surveying

London

May 2023


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