Technology Leadership Operational Support Review
by IBM
Rating
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Skills
3.3
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 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 IBM
- 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Overview
Day to day varied greatly as it depended on the project or initiative that me and my manager were working on at the time. The work spanned from carrying out research, creating slides used for presentations, excel work, internal support including website design and comms.
Skills
The most important skills I believe I have learnt or developed have been around organising my day and managing my time more effectively due to the time horizons and accountability to the tasks given. As well as this, the ability to adapt quickly to new and different tasks and also communicate well with others in a team is something much more important in the workplace.
Responsibilities
Despite a lack of client responsibility, internal responsibilities were widely available and encouraged. For example, mid way through my placement I was placed in charge of a group of interns responsible for restructuring and redesigning the website.
Support & Guidance
Help was always readily available from both your line and foundation managers who both played supporting roles in ensuring you were enjoying your year.
Culture
To me, IBM's atmosphere felt very friendly and diverse. There is a strong emphasis on creative thinking, strong team building methodologies and work life balance.
Your Impressions
I very much enjoyed my time at IBM and believe the experience is very much up to you what you make of it. It is a large firm with many opportunities across different skillsets, sectors and interests.
Yes
Be yourself.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
London
May 2023
